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 edit
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| description | Patrouilleführer | Gefreiter | Vormeister | Gefreiter | Sanitätsgefreiter | |||||
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k.u.k. Rifles |
Machine-gun units |
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| branch | Rifles | Cavalry | Infantry | Artillery | Military engineering |
Medical corps | ||||
| (equivalent) | (Rifle 1st class) | (Private 1st class) | (Gunner 1st class) | (Private 1st class) | ||||||
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References edit
- ^ 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.