!!!Ränge, militärische Military Ranks in the Austrian Federal Armed Forces are (since 1978): the group of lower ranks and privates: Wehrmann (private), Gefreiter (lance corporal), Korporal (corporal), Zugsfuehrer (platoon sergeant); the group of non-commissioned officers: Wachtmeister (sergeant), Oberwachtmeister (first sergeant), Stabswachtmeister (warrant sergeant), Oberstabswachtmeister (warrant sergeant 1%%sup st/% class), Offiziersstellvertreter (deputy officer), Vizeleutnant (vice lieutenant); commissioned officers: Faehnrich (sub lieutenant), Leutnant (second lieutenant), Oberleutnant (first lieutenant), Hauptmann (captain); staff officers: Major (major), Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel), Oberst (colonel); and the general staff: Brigadier (brigadier), Divisionaer (major general), Korpskommandant (lieutenant general), General (general). Officers usually head companies, staff officers command small units (battalions and regiments) and generals large ones (brigades, divisions and corps). %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Ränge,_militärische|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]