Korporal
Germanic variant of the English Corporal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Germanic rank name. For the equivalent rank in English, see Corporal.
Korporal is the German and Danish spelling of the English corporal. Korporal is used in a number of armed forces as the lowest rank of the non-commissioned officers group. However, in the German Bundeswehr, it is considered a high enlisted personnel rank. In Switzerland the rank is used in the Fire Department as well.
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In former German armed forces, the designation of the lowest NCO rank was "Corporal".