Not really a competition but more of a casual match so hopefully this is the right place …
My local club wants to run more activities and I thought it would be fun to have a WWII rifle/carbine match. I have only participated in a few matches and never organized one so I want to make sure my ideas could be executed with <20 shooters. Thoughts, ideas, and criticisms welcomed. The range will help with RSOs and equipment.
Refer to the attached illustrations for stage layout.
Weapons. It is preferred that all weapons be as issued but may be evaluated individually.
Semi-auto Battle Rifle:
Primarily M1 Garand but FN-49, Gewehr 43, or Japanese Type 5 are permitted if you are lucky enough to own one.
Bolt Rilfes:
Any war period bolt rifle is permitted. Examples are the 1903 Springfield, Arisaka models, Gwewehr 98, Lee-Enfield No. I and No IV variants, Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, Swiss M1911, Karabiner 98, Steyr-Mannlicher M1895/30, Swiss K11 and K31, Mosin-Nagant M38 and M44,etc.
Carbine:
M1 carbine, Finnish Suomi M31 series, etc.
Match stages.
Three stages utilizing at least two ranges and possibly three if available and practical. Depending on number of participants, at least two stages should run concurrently.
Stage 1:
25 yard range with barriers and multiple targets with shoot and no-shoot options. Incorporates full lateral and slight vertical movement on the range. See attached stage designs.
Scenario:
Sainte-Mère-Église, June 6th, 1944, 0130L.
You are a member of the 505th PIR of the 82nd Airborne and have just landed in the French town of Sainte-Mère-Église in the early morning hours ahead of the Normandy invasion. As you navigate a street, you must engage German troops while avoiding civilians.
Green rectangle = Shooter positions.
Blue Rectangle= Targets
Red Rectangle = no shoot.
Black arrow lines = movement.
Black circle = barrel obstacle (cover).
Ammunition: 10 rounds minimum. 2 hits required per enemy target.
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Stage 2.
75 yard range. Engage 4 targets from prone position before moving to 2nd position to engage 3 targets from kneeing or sitting.
Scenario:
Lazerath, France , 16 December 1944 0600.
You are a member of the 99th Infantry Division manning part of the Elsenborn Ridge in the Ardennes region when elements of the German 6th Panzer Army infantry attack kicking off the Battle of the Bulge. You are manning a foxhole on the line when the attack commences. Engage three targets from the prone position in the fox before being driven back. Stand and move laterally from foxhole and engage 3 more targets from the kneeling or sitting position.
Ammunition: 8 rounds minimum. 1 hit per target required.
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Stage 3.
200 yard range. Engage two obscured targets from prone position. Use two hollowed barrels on their sides to simulate tunnels. Inflated balloons at the rear of the barrels are to be targets representing enemy snipers. If not barrels, some sort of wooden hoops that be covered to form a cylinder.
Scenario:
Iwo Jima Island 20 February 1945.
You are a Marine sniper on the during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Your platoon is taking harassing fire from two enemy snipers as you approach Mount Suribachi. With every Marine a Rifleman, you must take out the enemy snipers before he hits one your men. Finish stage with three precise shots on the center target.
Ammunition: 5 rounds minimum. Pop the target balloons then put 3 shots on center target for best group.
