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''Patrouilleführer'' (en: patrol leader) was a
military rank Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships, within armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines. The military rank system defines dominance, authority, and responsibility in a ...
of the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Army (1867–1918). It might be comparable to enlisted men OR2The abbreviation "OR" stands for ''"Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"''/ ''Private 1st class'' ranks in Anglophone armed forces. 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'' ( hu, 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).


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References

* Rest-Ortner-Ilmig: ''Des Kaisers Rock im 1. Weltkrieg – Uniformierung und Ausrüstung der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee von 1914 bis 1918''. Verlag Militaria, Wien 2002. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Patrouillefuehrer Military ranks of Austria Austro-Hungarian Army