(, abbreviated OStGefr, on lists OSG; "Senior Staff Gefreiter") was the highest enlisted rank in the German BundeswehrBROCKHAUS, The encyclopedia in 24 volumes (1796–2001), Volume 20: 3-7653-3680-7, page 700. before the new ranks Korporal and Stabskorporal were introduced in October 2021. The rank can be comparable to corporal in Anglophone armed forces.Official Website (Bundeswehr): Dienstgrade und Uniformen der Bundeswehr (Service Ranks and Uniforms of the German Federal Defence Forces)
History The rank was first introduced by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and was named Matrosenoberstabsgefreiter ("Seaman Senior Staff Gefreiter"). In Heer and Luftwaffe, the rank did not exist.
Bundeswehr
A private of the German Bundeswehr might be promoted to that OR4-rank after a regular service time of 48 months.Soldatenlaufbahnordnung (soldier´s career order) of the Bundsewehr, § 9.1 service time.
junior RankStabsgefreiter (German enlisted men rank)Oberstabsgefreitersenior RankKorporal
External links Rank-insignia learning at simsso.de Uniformen
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