Range 3

The “Steel Monster”

150yd multipurpose – 40 lanes

AR500 Brinell steel. 40 lanes. Wireless chaos drills from point-blank to 150 yards.

Range 3 — “The Steel Monster” — earns its name from the sheer volume of AR500-520 Brinell steel across 40 lanes. Four industrial-strength tracks and six trolleys span the 140-foot width. Every lane features a turner, two headplate arrays, a steel torso, and up to four runners — steel, paper, threat, or non-threat. Reactive headplates deliver instant audible feedback. Paper turners train shoot/no-shoot discrimination. Runners move cutouts including vehicles for hostage and sniper scenarios. Point-of-contact to 150 yards with pistol and rifle.

The Range Master controls everything via wireless touchscreen from up to one mile away — initiating full courses of fire, chaos drills, or instant shoot/no-shoot decisions in real time. The Confined Space/Collapsed Structure Trainer’s elevated shooting tower sits approximately 300 yards away, deconflicted for integrated sniper training. Pair Range 3 with Rogers Range for close-range fundamentals, Hogan’s Alley for urban scenarios, or the SOF Skills Complex for competition formats. The Tactical-Combat Marksmanship and Advanced Marksmanship courses run here.

Key Points

Lanes: 40 with independent target arrays
Distance: Point-of-contact to 150 yards
Width: 140 feet across four industrial tracks and six trolleys
Steel: AR500-520 Brinell — turners, headplates, torsos, runners
Headplates: Reactive 8-inch bank (two per firing lane) with instant audible feedback
Runners: Up to four per lane — steel, paper, threat/non-threat, vehicle cutouts
Control: Wireless touchscreen, operational from one mile away
Weapons: Pistol and rifle

Range 3: Macro to Micro

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Targetry & Power Redundancy ➞ Ranges 1-4

always training | never waiting

Air Compressor System:

Five networked compressors across three locations — all five support all four ranges. If one goes down, the others pick up the load without interrupting training. Reserve storage tanks on R1 and R4 maintain operation during power transitions.

R1 Compressor Shed: 2 compressors (primary and secondary)
R3 Compressor Shed: 1 compressor
R4: 2 compressors

Electrical Power System:

Triple-redundant power across the range complex. Primary electrical feeds all systems. A primary backup generator kicks in automatically. A secondary backup generator provides hook-up capability for extended operations. R4 adds individual control over every lane and every target — isolate a problem without shutting down adjacent lanes. One target down doesn’t stop the course of fire.

Primary: Main electrical power
Secondary: Primary backup generator
Tertiary: Secondary backup generator (hook-up capability)