Infanterist

File:Offizier und Infanterist von Hoch- und Deutschmeister 1867.png

Infanterist (en: infantryman) – was the designation to the lowest private rank of infantry, the biggest armed forces branch of the common Austro-Hungarian Army (k.u.k. Army) from 1867 to 1918.

However, until 1918 Infanterist was also the common or generic designation to soldiers, rank independent, of the Infantry branch in the Austro-Hungarian Army as well as in the Army of the German Empire.

In line to the appropriate branch of service it did belong to the so-called Gemeine rank group, comparable to private, soldier or G.I. in Anglophone armed forces. Other Gemeine ranks were as follows:

• Dragoner (en: dragoon),
• Füsilier (fusilier or fusileer),
• Grenadier,
• Husar (hussar),
• Infanterist (infantryman)
• Kanonier (gunner, cannoneer),
• Musketier (musketeer), etc.
• Pionier (engineer)
• Sanitätssoldat (medicalman)
• Trainsoldat (trainman)
• Ulan (uhlan)

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;Waffenrock k.u.k Infantrists until 1918

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Soldat im k.u.k. InfRgt 66.png|{{center|k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 66}}