The Military ranks of Austria (or Ranks of the Bundesheer) are the military insignia used by the Austrian Armed Forces. Austria is a landlocked country and has no navy.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Cap[1]
Service uniform[1]
Field uniform[1]
General Generalleutnant Generalmajor Brigadier Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant Fähnrich
Official translation[1] General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Equivalent
NATO code[lower-alpha 1]		OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D)

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group Non-commissioned officer Enlisted
Cap[1]
Service uniform[1]
Field uniform[1]
Vizeleutnant Offiziersstellvertreter Oberstabswachtmeister Stabswachtmeister Oberwachtmeister Wachtmeister Zugsführer Korporal Gefreiter Rekrut
Official translation[1] Warrant officer I Warrant officer II Warrant officer III Staff sergeant Master sergeant Sergeant Master corporal Corporal Lance corporal Private
Equivalent
NATO code[lower-alpha 1]		OR-9OR-8OR-7OR-6OR-5OR-4OR-3OR-2OR-1

Special case military gymnasium

Pupils (German: Zöglinge) of the Military gymnasium wear black shoulder rank insignias on their dress uniform. On the duty suits black mounting loops have to be worn. However, the particular insignia has to be in line with actual school level. The appropriate school year is symbolised by a small golden strip.

Possible appointments in correlation to rank or grade

Rank group Military rank Possible appointments/ assignments
Military staff (without any rank or grade) Rekrut
(Wehrmann until 1998)[2]		 Generic infantryman
Charges GefreiterGeneric infantryman
KorporalAssistant squad leader
Zugsführer
Unteroffiziere WachtmeisterSquad leader
Oberwachtmeister
Stabsunteroffiziere Stabswachtmeister
Oberstabswachtmeister
OffiziersstellvertreterPlatoon leader
Vizeleutnant
Officers FähnrichMilitary academy graduate and officer candidate (OA)
LeutnantPlatoon leader
OberleutnantCompany executive officer
HauptmannCompany commander
Major
  • Battalion commander (BN CDR)
  • Heaquarters company commander
OberstleutnantBattalion commander
Oberst
General officers BrigadierBrigade commander
Generalmajor
(formerly Divisionär)
  • Chief of Staff in the Ministry of Defence
  • Chief of Operational Staff in the Ministry of Defence
  • Commanding general of the Air Force
Generalleutnant
(formerly Korpskommandant)
  • Commanding general of the Operational Forces
General
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Bundesheer

Additions

To the rank or grade might be (among others) added addendums as follows.

Abbreviation Long version
AArzt (en: physician)
aDaußer Dienst (off duty)
dGdes Generalstabsdienstes (of the general staff service)
dhmfDdes höheren militärfachlichen Dienstes (of the higher military specialised service)
dhmtDdes höheren militärtechnischen Dienstes (of the higher military technical service)
dIntDdes Intendanzdienstes (of the commissariat service)
dResder Reserve (of the reserve)
iRin Ruhe (retired)

e.g.: MjrA (major physician), Lt aD (lieutenant off duty), ObstdG (colonel of the general staff service), HptmdhmtD (captain of the higher military technical service), ObstltdIntD (lieutenant colonel of the commissariat service), Olt dRes (first lieutenant of the reserve), Bgdr iR (general brigadier retired).

Historic ranks

Commissioned officer ranks

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
[3]
General der Waffengattung Feldmarschall-Leutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann / Rittmeister Oberleutnant Leutnant

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 While Austria is not a member of NATO, it does have an official conversion.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 bundesheer.
  2. ↑ "915 der Beilagen zu den Stenographischen Protokollen des Nationalrates XX. GP" (PDF). Österreichisches Parlament. 10 December 1997. p. 51. Retrieved 19 November 2010. Im Hinblick auf die geplante Öffnung des Bundesheeres für freiwillige militärische Dienstleistungen von Frauen soll der niederste militärische Dienstgrad statt derzeit "Wehrmann" künftig einheitlich für beide Geschlechter mit dem Begriff "Rekrut" bezeichnet werden.
  3. ↑ Handbook 1937, Table VI–VII.
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