Charges (military)

Charge(s) (German: Charge(n); literal: rank(s)) used to be the generic term to the military ranks[1] above the rank group of enlisted personnel in German speaking armies. In the today's Austrian Armed Forces (Österreichisches Bundesheer) it is the designation to the rank group OR2[a] to OR4, which comprises the ranks Gefreiter, Korporal and Zugsführer.

In English speaking armed forces, however, charge characterizes a particular manoeuvre, where soldiers rush towards the enemy to engage in close combat.

Charges in the Austrian Bundesheer
Designation Ranks (Chargen)
Peaked cap (Tellerkappe)
Suit (Anzug) 75 / 03
Jacket gorget (Rockkragen)
Corps colour (Waffenfarbe) Engineers Skirmishing patrol, Army sports NBC-Defence Air Force
Rank Zugsführer (Zgf) Korporal (Kpl) Gefreiter (Gfr) Zugsführer (Zgf) Korporal (Kpl) Gefreiter (Gfr)
NATO equivalent Master Corporal Corporal Private
rank OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2

The sequence of rank groups (top-down approach) in the Austrian Bundesheer is as follows:

  • Personen ohne Chargengrad OR-1 (= Persons without charge grade)
  • Chargen OR2–OR4 (= Charges)
  • Unteroffiziere OR5–OR6 (= NCOs)
  • Stabsunteroffiziere OR7–OR9 (= Staff NCOs)
  • Offiziere OF1–OF5 (= Officers)
  • Generale OF6–OF9 (= General officers)
See also
Main articles: Waffenfarbe (Austria) and Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer

Notes

  1. ^ The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / French: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / Russian: другие ранги, кроме офицероф, romanized: drugiye rangi, krome ofitserof"

References

  1. ^ BROCKHAUS, The encyclopedia in 24 volumes (1796–2001), Volume 4: 3-7653-3664-5, page 411, definition: Charge
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