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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.

Offizier and Infanterist of the k.u.k. Inf.Rgt. 4, 1867
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)
junior rank no |
![]() (Austro-Hungarian armed forces rank) Infanterist |
senior rank Korporal |
- Waffenrock k.u.k Infantrists until 1918
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 6
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 23
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 51
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 57
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 65
- k.u.k Inf.Rgt. 66
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