Ranks and Rank Insignias of The Austro-Hungarian Army
| Infantry | Cavalry | Artillery | Rifles | Rank insignias | Rank insignias mountain rifles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troops | |||||
| Infanterist / Honvéd (hung.) (Private) |
Dragoner Husar Ulan |
Kanonier | Jäger | ||
| Gefreiter / Őrvezető (hung.) (Private 1st Class) |
Gefreiter | Vormeister Főtűzer |
Patrouillenführer Járőrvezető |
||
| (NCO's) | |||||
| Korporal / Tizedes (hung) kapral (polish) (Corporal) |
Korporal | Geschütz-Vormeister | Unterjäger | ||
| Zugsführer / Szakaszvezető (hung.) (Sergeant) |
Zugsführer | Zugsführer | Zugsführer | ||
| Feldwebel / Őrmester (hung.) (Master-Sergeant) |
Wachtmeister | Feuerwerker | Oberjäger | ||
| Kadett-Feldwebel / Kadétőrmester Hadapród) (Cadet-Sergeant, since 1908 Cadet) |
Kadett-Wachtmeister (Kadett) |
Kadett-Feuerwerker (Kadett) |
Kadett-Oberjäger (Kadett) |
||
| Stabs-Feldwebel / Törzsőrmester (Sergeant-Major since 1913 - insignias until 1914) |
Stabs-Wachtmeister | Stabs-Feuerwerker | Stabs-Oberjäger | ||
| Stabs-Feldwebel / Törzsőrmester (Sergeant-Major, insignias after 1914) |
Stabs-Wachtmeister | Stabs-Feuerwerker | Stabs-Oberjäger | ||
| Offiziersstellvertreter (seit dem 6. Juni 1915) / Tiszthelyettes (Warrant-Officer) |
Offiziersstellvertreter | Offiziersstellvertreter | Offiziersstellvertreter | ||
| Officers-Candidates | |||||
| Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter Hadapród-Tiszthelyettes (Cadet-Warrant-Officer) (until 1908) |
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter | Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter | Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter | ||
| Fähnrich (ab 1908) / Zászlós (Officers-Candidate) (since 1908 - replaced the CWO) |
Fähnrich | Fähnrich | Fähnrich | ||
| Low Grade Officers | |||||
| Leutnant / Hadnagy (Lieutenant) |
Leutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant | ||
| Oberleutnant / Főhadnagy (1st Lieutenant) |
Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | ||
| Captains | |||||
| Hauptmann / Százados (Captain) |
Rittmeister | Hauptmann | Hauptmann | ||
| Staff-Officers | |||||
| Major / Őrnagy |
Major | Major | Major | ||
| Oberstleutnant / Alezredes (Lieutenant-Colonel) |
Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | ||
| Oberst / Ezredes (Colonel) |
Oberst | Oberst | Oberst | ||
| Generals | |||||
| Generalmajor / Vezérőrnagy (Major-General equiv. to Brigadier-General) |
|||||
| Feldmarschalleutnant / Altábornagy (Lieutenant-Field-Marshal equiv. to Major-General) |
|||||
| General der Infanterie Gyalogsági tábornok (General of the Infantry) |
General der Kavallerie Lovassági tábornok (General of the Cavalry) |
Feldzeugmeister / Táborszernagy (General of the Artillery) |
|||
| Generaloberst / Vezérezredes (Colonel-General) (since 1915) |
|||||
| Feldmarschall / Tábornagy (Field-Marshal) |
|||||
Read more about this topic: Army Ranks And Insignia Of The Austro-Hungarian Army
Famous quotes containing the words ranks, rank and/or army:
“Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
“The rank and file have let their servants become their masters and dictators.... Provision should be made in all union constitutions for the recall of leaders. Big salaries should not be paid. Career hunters should be driven out, as well as leaders who use labor for political ends. These types are menaces to the advancement of labor.”
—Mother Jones (1830–1930)
“I was interested to see how a pioneer lived on this side of the country. His life is in some respects more adventurous than that of his brother in the West; for he contends with winter as well as the wilderness, and there is a greater interval of time at least between him and the army which is to follow. Here immigration is a tide which may ebb when it has swept away the pines; there it is not a tide, but an inundation, and roads and other improvements come steadily rushing after.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)