IAU 30m Crossbow target
This card carries the IAU's Match crossbow event at this distance, World Cups included: 30 shots standing, then 30 kneeling, 90 minutes each, one bolt per numbered card. The best eight shoot a 16-shot standing final. Ties are decided first on the last 10-shot series, and inner tens count only after the number of 10s, 9s, 8s and so on. The same card is also used as the DSB Nr.16 30m Crossbow (DSB, Germany).
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Courses of fire
30 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Match standing3 × 10 | 30 | 300 |
| Match kneeling3 × 10 | 30 | 300 |
Badges
Germany · DSB
Leistungs- und Meisterschützenabzeichen des DSB
DSB proficiency and master marksman badges
The DSB gives its performance badges each year to reward results and to encourage shooting for performance. A badge result can also count as the coordination test of the German Sports Badge (Deutsches Sportabzeichen) the same year. Clubs order the badges on a form at the end of each quarter, through their district, from their state association; in 2026 a small badge cost €4.00, a large one €4.50 and the master marksman badge €6.50.
Age classes go by the age reached in the calendar year, the DSB’s sport year.
DSB, “Leistungsabzeichen”, Ausschreibungen 2026, rules 1, 4, 11 and 13; DSB, “Meisterschützenabzeichen”, Ausschreibungen 2026, rule 5; DSB, “Sportliche Auszeichnungen”
Leistungsabzeichen des DSB
DSBDSB Performance Badge
Course of fireCrossbow at 30 m, 2 × 30 shots
Junioren, Herren and Damen
| Class | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30m Armbrust (5.20), 2 × 30 shots | |||
| Junioren II17–18 | 400 | 425 | 450 |
| Junioren I; Herren and Damen I–II19–50 | 510 | 520 | 530 |
| Herren III–IV, Damen IIIMen 51–70, women 51–60 | 490 | 500 | 510 |
| Damen IV–V, Herren VWomen 61 and over, men 71 and over | 400 | 425 | 450 |
Junioren weiblich: the junior numbers less 5 rings, as the footnote says
| Event | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30m Armbrust (5.20)Junioren II weiblich, 17–18 | 395 | 420 | 445 |
| 30m Armbrust (5.20)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20 | 505 | 515 | 525 |
- Rings in one match of the shots given, at a club shooting day or any DSB competition, announced to the range officer before the start and shot under supervision; one condition a day, no second try that day.
- The small badge takes the score once; the large badge, after the small one of the same colour, five times within a year.
- Only DSB-approved cards count.
- Female juniors take 5 rings off the junior numbers, as the table’s footnote says (worked out in the Junioren weiblich table); a class with no number may shoot the next stronger class’s.
DSB, Tabelle Leistungsabzeichen gesamt (Stand April 2025), p. 1; Leistungsabzeichen rules 1–13, Ausschreibungen 2026 (Stand 30.12.2025)
Meisterschützenabzeichen
DSBMaster Marksman Badge
Course of fireCrossbow at 30 m, 60 shots
| Event | Shots | Rings |
|---|---|---|
| Junioren and adults, born 2008 or earlier | ||
| Armbrust 30m (5.20) | 60 | 540 |
- Totals at championships — Kreis or Gau, Bezirk, Land and German championships, Regional- and Bundesliga matches, European and World Championships, Olympic Games — reached three times within one sport year (Schüler and Jugend: twice), in any mix of events and championships.
- Awarded once a sport year, on the Landesverband’s application.
DSB, Meisterschützenabzeichen, Ausschreibungen 2026 (Stand 21.01.2026), rules 1–6
How it is shot
Course · Sighters · Card order · Positions · Final · Final course · Gauging · Ties
- Course
- The match is 30 shots standing in 90 minutes, then 30 shots kneeling in 90 minutes, with a 30-minute break between the positions; the two results added together make the combined score.IAU rules 202.2 to 202.2.3
- Sighters
- In each position, the shooter may fire as many sighting shots at the sighting targets as they like before the first scoring shot. Sighting shots fired after the first scoring target is set up, without the Jury's permission, mean disqualification.IAU rule 210.1
- Card order
- Standing and kneeling count as one competition on scoring cards numbered 1 to 60, shot in ascending order with only one shot on each card.IAU rules 211.1.1 and 211.1.2
- Positions
- Standing, no sling is allowed. Kneeling, the shooter may touch the lane or mat only with one foot, one knee and the tip of the toes, and may use a sling up to 40 mm wide.IAU rules 206.2.2 to 206.3.1
- Final
- The top eight athletes go through to the individual final, which is shot standing.IAU rules 218.1.3 and 218.1.4
- Final course
- The final starts from zero and is 16 shots, each fired individually on command within 50 seconds; all commands are given in English.IAU rules 218.3.2 to 218.5.3
- Gauging
- A bolt that touches the line between two scoring zones takes the higher value. In case of doubt, an IAU-approved gauge decides, and the shot is marked "gauged" on the target.IAU rules 212.2 and 212.3.1
- Ties
- Tied individual scores are broken by the last 10-shot series, then the series before it and so on; then by the most 10s, 9s, 8s and so on; then by the most inner tens (mouches). If still tied, the athletes share the rank.IAU rule 216.1
Dimensions
10 rings · 114 mm
Card 200 × 200 mm · 6 mm scoring gauge
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inner ten | Black | 2 mm0.08 in | 4 mm |
| 10 | Black | 6 mm0.24 in | 6 mm |
| 9 | Black | 18 mm0.71 in | 12 mm |
| 8 | Black | 30 mm1.2 in | 18 mm |
| 7 | Black | 42 mm1.7 in | 24 mm |
| 6 | Black | 54 mm2.1 in | 30 mm |
| 5 | Black | 66 mm2.6 in | 36 mm |
| 4 | Black | 78 mm3.1 in | 42 mm |
| 3 | Black | 90 mm3.5 in | 48 mm |
| 2 | White | 102 mm4.0 in | 54 mm |
| 1 | White | 114 mm4.5 in | 60 mm |
Source: IAU Rules: General Shooting Rules, Match 10 m & 30 m, Finals, World Cup, Edition 2025 (April 2025), rule 203.1. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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