Patrouilleführer

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.

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

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

Desigahntion	Austrian k.u.k. Army enlisted men OR2 ranks
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

• Main articles: Rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces, Waffenfarbe (Austria), and Adjustierung

References

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.