Platoon leader
Austrian Armed Forces - Platoon leader - |
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Suit 75/03 | Skirt collar | Plate cap |
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Rank group | Batches |
NATO rank code | OR-4 |
Rank Army / Air Force | Platoon leader |
Marine rank | none |
Abbreviation (in lists) | Zgf |
Grade | ... |
Zugsführer - short form: Zgf or ZF - is a team rank (employment group M ZCh / batches ) in the Austrian Armed Forces . The rank of corporal corporal in the German armed forces is roughly equivalent to this. He can take on commanding tasks up to a group size and must therefore not be confused with the German platoon leader .
In foreign missions he is referred to in English as Master Corporal (MCpl) and has the NATO rank code OR-4 .
Soldiers who are training to become NCOs (HUAK) or officers (KAAusb) wear their own version of the rank with a silver-colored crossbar on the upper edge.
Austria-Hungary
In the Austro-Hungarian Army , the platoon commander rank introduced in 1857 ( Hungarian Szakaszvezető ) corresponded to the German sergeant rank . He led the yellow and black sergeant portepee. The rank arose from the platoon corporal .
Equated with the rank of platoon leader and provided with the corresponding badges of distinction :
- Staff leader (military music)
- Course blacksmith (fittings)
- Second class invoicing officer ( Hungarian Számvivő altiszt )
- Armorer 2nd class