Charges (military)

Charge(s) (Charge(n); literal: rank(s)) used to be the generic term to the military ranks above the rank group of enlisted personnel in German speaking armies. In the today’s Austrian Bundesheer it is the designation to the rank group OR2 to OR4, which comprises the ranks Gefreiter, Korporal and Zugsführer.

In English speaking armed forces, however, charge characterizes a particular manoeuvre, where soldiers rush towards the enemy to engage in close combat.


 * Charges in the Austrian Bundesheer:

The sequence of rank groups (top-down approach) in the Austrian Bundesheer is as follows:
 * Personen ohne Chargengrad OR-1 (= Persons wihout charge grade)
 * Chargen OR2-OR4 (= Charges)
 * Unteroffiziere OR5-OR6 (= NCOs)
 * Stabsunteroffiziere OR7-OR9 (= Staff NCOs)
 * Offiziere OF1-OF5 (= Officers)
 * Generale OF6-OF9 (= General officers)


 * See also: