Military all-around
Military all-round competition was a competitive exercise in the GDR that was organized by the Society for Sport and Technology (GST).
It was a combination of cross-country run with full equipment (marching pack, KK-MPi 69 ), long-range hand grenade throwing with the training hand grenade F1 and shooting. During the cross-country run, there was alternatively a 3000 m run on the cinder track or overcoming the storm track . The competition was partly carried out in normal running clothing while carrying a repeating rifle (e.g. in the series in the former Leipzig district).
When shooting, depending on the system, an air rifle (side cocking, e.g. Suhler model 312 ), the KK-MPi 69 (a training machine gun based on the Kalashnikov , but technically different) or the five-shot KK repeating rifle Suhl KKV was used. However, the KK-MPi predominated from age group 16 (age group 16 years). When shooting, there were "normal" ring targets, man targets and folding targets. Man targets were only found on shooting ranges where the KK-MPi were shot. The shooting ranges were 10 m for the air rifle and 50 m for the small bore rifles.
The military all- around competition was also a long-distance competition within the GST, in which performance badges were awarded in 3 classes (gold, silver, bronze). Initially worn in medals for summer and winter on a ribbon or on a clasp, these badges were later issued as pins, similar to the pins for the sports badge of the DTSB and without a summer / winter division.
In the winter military all-around competition, the criteria were the same as those of the biathlon. There were individual competitions for men and women as well as men and women teams. In the winter military all-round competition, there were district, district and GDR championships, with the top three winners being honored with medals. On January 16, 1971, the 1st GDR open competition of the military all-around winter training bases (biathlon) took place in Bockau (organizer: GST regional organization Wismut).
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ GST - Society for Sport and Technology at www.mdr.de