User:SaRa1988/Soldat (Rank)
This article is about the German military rank Soldat. Members of armed forces are explained under the article Soldier.
Soldat is a generic term for new recruited soldiers in the German Armed Forces(de: Bundeswehr) and the lowest level of enlisted personnel in the Army(de: Heer) and in the Air-Force(de: Luftwaffe). Soldiers of the Navy Forces are called Matrose(en: seaman). It is also a military rank in the Swiss Army and in the former DDR Army Force - Nationale Volksarmee.
History[edit]
The rank Soldat was known in the former Third- Reich- Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe and has described the lowest level in the Forces. The senior- grade after Soldat has been Gefreiter.
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| Wehrmacht | Luftwaffe | Kriegsmarine |
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| Epaulette of an Soldier | Epaulette of an Soldier | |
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| Collar Tap of a soldier signal corps | ||