Oberstabsgefreiter


Oberstabsgefreiter is the highest enlisted rank in the German Bundeswehr, that might be comparable to corporal in Anglophone armed forces.
However, as distinguished from the corporal, the Oberstabsgefreiter belongs to the rank group of enlisted men.

History

The rank was first introduced by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and was named Matrosenoberstabsgefreiter. However, in Heer and Luftwaffe it didn't exist.
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A private of the German Bundeswehr might be promoted to that OR4a-rank after a regular service time of 48 months.
junior Rank
Stabsgefreiter


Oberstabsgefreiter		senior Rank
Unteroffizier

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