Oberstabsgefreiter

Oberstabsgefreiter (abbr. OStGefr, on lists OSG) is the highest enlisted rank in the German Bundeswehr, that might be comperable to corporal (OR-4a ) in Anglophone armed forces. However, as distinguished from the corporal, the Oberstabsgefreiter belongs to the rank group of enlisted men.

History
The rank was first introduced by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and was named Matrosenoberstabsbefreiter. However, in Heer and Luftwaffe it didn't exist.


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 * Nazi-Rank structure

Bundeswehr
A private of the German Bundeswehr might be promoted to that OR4a-rank after a regular service time of 48 months.


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