Patrouilleführer

Patrol leader of the k.u.k. 7th Feldjäger bataillon (Waffenrock to the parade Adjustierung

Patrouilleführer (en: patrol leader) was a military rank of the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Army (1867–1918). It might be comparable to enlisted men OR2[1]/ Private 1st class ranks in Anglophone armed forces.

However, in German speaking armed forces it was equivalent to the Gefreiter ranks (OR-2).

In the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Army it was used by the k.u.k. Kaiserjäger as well as the k.u.k. Feldjäger; later also in the Standschützen troops, and the k.u.k. Cavalry. It was also corresponding to Gefreiter (Hungarian: Őrvezetö of the k.u.k. Infantry, Sanitätsgefreiter (en: medical gefreiter) of the k.u.k. Medical corps, as well as to Vormeister of the k.u.k. Artillery corps and to the k.u.k. Machine gun troops.

Then rank insignia was a single white celluloid-star on grass-green stand-up collar of the so-called Waffenrock (en: uniform jacket) on gorget patch with a grass-green background (de: Paroli).

Junior rank
Infanterist (Honvéd)

(k.u.k. Army rank)
Patrouilleführer
Senior rank
Korporal

Rank insignia

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Desigahntion Austrian k.u.k. Army enlisted men OR2 ranks
N/A
insignia
description Patrouilleführer Gefreiter Vormeister Gefreiter Sanitätsgefreiter
k.u.k. Mountain
troops
k.u.k.
Rifles
Machine-gun
units
Infantry
generic
branch Rifles Cavalry Infantry Artillery Military
engineering
Medical
corps
(equivalent) (Rifle 1st class) (Private 1st class) (Gunner 1st class) (Private 1st class)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"
  • Rest-Ortner-Ilmig: Des Kaisers Rock im 1. Weltkrieg – Uniformierung und Ausrüstung der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee von 1914 bis 1918. Verlag Militaria, Wien 2002. ISBN 3-9501642-0-0.