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Then, too, some of those ranks were abolished after the start of the war. It is difficult for many people accustomed to Brit/US/Can type systems to fathom the way the Germans did some things. Even in the era of the 3R, there were quite a few customs and traditions that had been in place since the d...

Hi John. Thanks for your help; :up: I’ve been through these threads before I posted my question but I don’t think it answered my question. Hi Andreas. (Are you German?) I´m in the military myself; and believe me, I can show you a lot of fruitless thing. :D No seriously; An enlisted rank is any rank ...

Hello Andreas I know what a RSM/CSM is. Gefreiter, Obergefreiter and Stabsgefreiter a not NCO´s. They are enlisted personnel equal in rank. So a Stabsgefreiter is not in command of Gefreiters and Obergefreiters. My question was why have two ranks where the criteria for achieving the rank were almost...

A.J.Lö wrote:It is similar reason to having many C.S.M. and only one R.S.M., the R.S.M. is in charge of them and all other N.C.O.'s.

I have no idea what you mean?

Kristina

What was the reason that the German army had the rank Obergefreiter with more than 6 years of service and Stabsgefreiter.

A Obergefreiter could be promoted to Stabsgefreiter after 5 years.

Was it a rank that was used for those who could not become Stabsgefreiters.

Kristina

Hello speiss I can see that we have the same interest. There is a lot of wrong information on the internet and also in some books on this subject. So I contacted the German Bundesarchiv in Freiburg to see if they were able to help with these questions. This is the answers I was given. HEER There was...