Stabskorporal

Stabskorporal (transl. Staff corporal) is the highest enlisted rank in the German Bundeswehr, that might be comparable to (senior) corporal (OR-4) in British Commonwealth armed forces. However, as distinguished from the corporal in Commonwealth armed forces, the Stabskorporal belongs to the rank group of enlisted men.

Stabskorporal
Heer, Luftwaffe shoulder and Marine sleeve insignia
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Army  German Navy  German Air Force
Abbreviation	TBA
Rank	German enlisted rank
NATO rank code	OR-4
Formation	2021
Next higher rank	Unteroffizier
Next lower rank	Korporal

History

The ranks Korporal and Stabskorporal were introduced by Bundeswehr in October 2021^[1] as the new most senior ranks for enlisted men, senior to Oberstabsgefreiter.^[2] Pay grade of Stabskorporal is A6 mit Zulage (with extra pay), that is the same pay grade as the NCO rank Stabsunteroffizier (OR-5).^[1]

Soldiers have to have served for at least one year in the rank of Korporal before being considered for promotion.^[1]