Buffadero Battery

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Buffadero Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Windmill Hill.

Description

Buffadero was the name of a village where people lived at the south end of Gibraltar before World War II. According to the Royal Engineers, Buffadero is possibly an anglicized corruption derived from the Spanish "bufido", which means "blowing" or "snorting", or it might be of Genoese origin as many Genoese workmen had been employed in Gibraltar.{{cite book|title=The Royal Engineers Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fr02AQAAIAAJ|access-date=30 March 2013|year=1911|publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers|page=26}}

At the end of the nineteenth century Buffadero Battery had a BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX–X, which was one of 14 installed in Gibraltar. The guns were intended to counter 8" guns on cruisers. At Gibraltar, these guns could fire across the Straits of Gibraltar and could hit shipping on the coast of Morocco, thus enabling Gibraltar to command the Straits.{{cite book|last=Finlayson|first=Darren Fa & Clive|title=The fortifications of Gibraltar : 1068-1945|year=2006|publisher=Osprey|location=Oxford [u.a.]|isbn=9781846030161|page=36|edition=1. publ. in Great Britain.}} A well-like cave was in close proximity to the battery.{{cite book|title=Records of the Past|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEPuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=30 March 2013|year=1912|publisher=Records of the Past Exploration Society|page=151}}

Today, the Buffadero Training Center includes two live firing ranges, an obstacle course, and a mock village. Soldiers use the village to train for urban combat.{{cite web|title=Military history brought to life|url=http://www.surinenglish.com/20080804/news/gibraltar/military-history-brought-life-200808041503.html|publisher=surinenglish.com|access-date=1 April 2013}}

References

Category:Artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar