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Lance Corporal is in Germany and Switzerland a military enlisted rank, of the Private First Class ( OR3b ) would be comparable in Anglophone armed forces.

Bundeswehr

Rank insignia on service dress Army / Air Force / Navy

The rank of Lance Corporal ( Abbr: OGefr / in lists: OG ) is transferred to a Bundeswehr soldiers generally after six months of service in the Bundeswehr ( § 9.2 Soldatenlaufbahnverordnung (SLV )) when he was hired with the rank of soldier. Most conscripts have been using this grade as " Corporal of the reserve " (abbreviated " d OGefr R. " ) dismissed.

In female soldiers of the Bundeswehr, the name Lance Corporal is sometimes colloquially, but inadmissible used. The official Title is " Mrs. Lance Corporal ". The rank suffix "( w) " has no rules basis for official use. Therefore, words such as " Mrs. Lance Corporal Schneider " or " Corporal Schneider, Manuela " to be used in exchange labels.

The possible grade additives are listed in the central regulation ( ZDv ) 20/7.

• The rank of Lance Corporal can be skipped if the soldier was adjusted with a higher rank, or there are other conditions which provide for carriage from corporals to a higher rank (usually corporal, but also non-commissioned officer after passing the course, rarely directly are Sergeant possible).
• The promotion to corporal takes place regularly and is denied only in exceptionally poor performance or existence of a coarse disciplinary violation. A promotion to corporal is excluded if the soldier made ​​an application for conscientious objection or refused the oath.

Abbreviations

( two-letter grade abbreviations only in lists, labels with additional candidates only in correspondence)

• Corporal ( OGefr, OG )
• Corporal - Sergeant contender ( OGefr UA, OG UA)
• Corporal - Maatanwärter ( OGefr MA, OG MA)
• Corporal - Reserve NCO candidate ( OGefr RUA, OG RUA )
• Corporal - Sergeant contender ( OGefr FA, FA OG )
• Corporal - Boatswain contender ( OGefr BA, OG BA)
• Corporal - Reserve sergeant candidates ( OGefr RFA OG RFA)
• Corporal - officer candidate ( OGefr OA, OG OA)
• Corporal - Reserve Officer Candidate ( OGefr ROA, OG ROA)
• Corporal - medical officer candidates ( OGefr Sanoa, OG Sanoa )

However, the names are " Maatanwärter (MA )" and " boatman contender (BA ) " no official names. According to the ZDv 64/10 (abbreviation in the Armed Forces ) and the joint service 20/7 ( provisions for carriage and for the setting, adoption and approval of soldiers ) is also the prospective mate as "UA" and the budding boatswain as "FA " means. However, both terms have crept in slowly and widely recognized not only in the Navy, but also within the army and now also used in official documents and software applications.

History in Germany

The enlisted rank Private First Class was introduced in 1859 in the Prussian Foot Artillery and usually drew the gunner from; the grade thus replaced the 1730 furnished lowest artillery sergeant batch Bombardier. In the other branches of the German Army and the Imperial Navy in the rank of Lance Corporal was not used. As an introduction to all German arms and branches of it came only in late 1919 after the establishment of the Provisional Reichswehr.

( Sailors Lance Corporal )

Swiss Army

In the Swiss Army, there is Lance Corporal (abbreviation: Obgfr ) since January 1, 2004 He is a specialist, the tasks with greater responsibility or the function of a group leader alternate takes. . When the corporal has a leading function, it is one of the squad, otherwise it is a degree of team. Lance Corporal is a soldier in the recruit school during training to sergeant, in this case it is also called contenders. For very good performance a corporal or soldier can be transported during a repetition rate on the corporal. This recognition is not associated with any further obligations with respect to the service, but it is expected to remain the appropriate use, for which he received the degree. His pay is 6.50 francs per day.

In foreign missions, he is referred to as Private First Class (PFC ). NATO Code: OR- third The insignia shows three slashes, which can lead to confusion with the Corporal of the German Bundeswehr.