11-04-2025
New sniper tower, range to be built at Fort Indiantown Gap
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A new snipe tower and training range are currently under construction at Fort Indiantown Gap.
The more than 500-acre combined-arms live-fire range is being built on an underutilized former tank gunnery range, while the sniper tower is being added to an existing sniper range. Both will be located between Blue and Second Mountains.
'This range and sniper tower will just add to the many diverse training options we have here at Fort Indiantown Gap,' said Col. Kevin Potts, garrison commander. 'And the fact that we were able to build them with a relatively small amount of money makes it even better.'
The live-fire range will be similar to one at Fort Bliss in Texas, which will allow for platoon live-fire.
'The western end of the training area was a blank slate, and it's just underutilized land,' said Lt. Col. Gordon Kinneer, Fort Indiantown Gap's director of plans, operations, training and security. 'We have a couple ranges there, but when those ranges aren't used, all that maneuver land just doesn't get used. So we saw it as an opportunity to get more usage out of it and build another capability.'
The three-story sniper tower is built from shipping containers welded together and shaped into rooms with different dimensions and configurations.
'It adds elevation, it adds realism,' Kinneer said. 'Yes, sniper teams can stalk through the woods, but they also operate out of urban terrain, and that's what we're seeking to replicate with that facility.'
The sniper tower is expected to be completed around September and the range by Spring 2026. It is usable now, but only at the squad and platoon level.
'We are continually assessing what we can do to enhance training opportunities for units that come to Fort Indiantown Gap to train,' Potts said. 'We do anything we can to ensure units are receiving top-notch training here.'
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