 naval combat course general regulations  the cadets form a national team consisting of four team members the competition consists of 6 heats one athlete from each nation per heat times are summed up the athletes wear their national colours division of the lanes is to be drawn at the sports officers meeting it is mandatory for the athletes to carry the rifle at all time during the race accomplishment  the event is accomplished on a crosscountry or similar course that is approximately 25 km in length females receive a 15 corrections in their times the course will contain the following obstacles disciplines paddling hand grenade throwing rope pulling shooting the obstacles disciplines are separated by approx 600m running the host nation decides the order of the obstacles disciplines paddling obstacle  the paddling obstacle will contain the following elements distance 50100m lifevests provided by the host nation releasing the shackles and bring it ashore one shackle per boat athlete penalties 100m penalty lap for lost shackle  hand grenade throwing  the hand grenade throwing will contain the following elements one single ring or square target approximately 22 metres the distance to the targets shall be 25 m for male and 15 m for female competitors six grenades a touch of the thrown grenade in the ring counts as a hit penalties 100m penalty lap if no hits  rope pulling  the rope pulling consist of following elements the rope must be pulled 10 m over the ground the rope must have a circumference between 100 and 125 mm the weight should be around 40 kg the weight and all of the rope must pass the target line  shooting airrifle  the shooting airrifle discipline will contain the following elements each team shoots with the host nations rifles every nation shall be able to train with the guns upon arrival 5 targets distance and 7 bullets 10 metres target system are balloons falling targets or similar shooting position stance is optional penalties 50 m penalty lap for every missed target  reference to regulations  nordic regulations for naval pentathlon and naval triathlon placing  the team with the lowest total time is the winner the winning nation receives 4 points the second best receives 3 points etc  naval combat course naval combat course naval combat course naval combat course  