Good information on the required qualifications for HJ shooting awards can be found here:
Hitler Youth Forum - HJ DJ BDM and JM
Scharfschütze
Introduced: 4.2.1938. Number awarded: around 32,000
Qualification requirements:
Standard HJ target at 50m.
Prone (weapon supported) - 10 shots must achieve at least 80 points
Prone (weapon unsupported) - 10 shots must achieve at least 75 points
Kneeling position - 10 shots must achieve at least 60 points
Standing (weapon unsupported) - 10 shots must achieve at least 45 points
Prone (weapon unsupported) - 5 shots )
Kneeling - 5 shots ) must achieve a combined total of
Standing - 5 shots ) 120 points
Rapid fire - 3 shots - all must hit the scoring area of the target. Time to complete: 1 minute
The following, and last, part of the Scharfschütze test was shot on a 'Figurenscheibe'. There is an example of this target shown later in the thread
Prone (weapon unsupported) - 5 shots three of which must hit the target.
Read more: Hitler Youth Forum - HJ DJ BDM and JM
You can also find the detailed data on the award criteria here:
Axis History Forum • View topic - Hitler Youth marksmanship medals
Go directly to post #7 in that thread (disregard post #2; it contained errors and was corrected by the original poster in post # 7)
The link to the HJ forum posted by FrankBooth is listed as the source for the data at the AHF thread as well; I just thought I would post this additional link to the AHF as it requires no login to view.
Danke guys, great info!
Jay
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