Military patrol

Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

It was in the official programme of the Winter Olympic Games in 1924 Chamonix,[nb 1] and on three occasions as a demonstration sport (1928, 1936 and 1948).

In 1924, the military patrol team member Camille Mandrillon took the Olympic Oath on behalf of the competitors.

[2] Historically the military patrol competition encompassed 25 km cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

[nb 1] Another military skiing event is the Patrouille des Glaciers, which also includes competitions and rankings for civilian competitors.

Start of a German Reichswehr military training patrol team in the Giant Mountains , January 1932.