Gefreiter
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Gefreiter (, abbr. Gefr.; plural Gefreite) is a military rank used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria since the 16th century. It is typically the second rank or grade to which an enlisted soldier, airman, or sailor can be promoted.
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- 50
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- Gefr.
- Military rank.rank group
- Charges
- Military rank.Non NATO rank
- OR-2
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- 1716 in the Imperial Russian Army
- Military rank.name
- Yefreytor
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- Table of ranks
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- OR-2
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- Mladshy serzhant
- Military rank.lower rank
- Ryadovoy
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Austria
- Austro-Hungarian Army
- Germany
- Bundeswehr
- {{lang|de|Wehrmacht}} 1935–1945
- "Bohemian corporal"
- Russia
- Rank insignia
- Imperial Russian Army
- Red Army (RA) and Soviet Armed Forces (SA)
- Russian Armed Forces
- Other uses of ''Yefreytor''
- Switzerland
- See also
- References
Gefreiter (, abbr. Gefr.; plural Gefreite) is a military rank used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria since the 16th century. It is typically the second rank or grade to which an enlisted soldier, airman, or sailor can be promoted.
The word has also been lent into the Russian language as '''''' () and is in use in several Russian and post-Soviet militaries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gefreiter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.