Infanterist


Infanterist – was the designation to the lowest private rank of infantry, the biggest armed forces branch of the common Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1918.
However, until 1918 Infanterist was also the common or generic designation to soldiers, rank independent, of the Infantry branch in the Austro-Hungarian Army as well as in the Army of the German Empire.
In line to the appropriate branch of service it did belong to the so-called Gemeine rank group, comparable to private, soldier or G.I. in Anglophone armed forces. Other Gemeine ranks were as follows:
  • Dragoner,
  • Füsilier,
  • Grenadier,
  • Husar,
  • Infanterist
  • Kanonier,
  • Musketier, etc.
  • Pionier
  • Sanitätssoldat
  • Trainsoldat
  • Ulan
junior rank
no

(Austro-Hungarian
armed forces rank)

Infanterist
senior rank
Korporal

;Waffenrock k.u.k Infantrists until 1918