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In the 19th century, the Prussian Army fought successful wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, allowing Prussia to unify Germany, establishing the German Empire in 1871. The Prussian Army formed the core of the Imperial German Army, which was replaced by the Reichswehr after World War I.
Senior Lance Corporal (Obergefreiter); established in the Prussian Army from 1846 to 1853, reestablished in 1859, then in foot artillery only, replacing the artillery Bombardier rank that had been introduced in 1730.
Ranks of the Prussian Army [ edit ] This chart shows the line infantry , cavalry, and light infantry ranking system for the Royal Prussian Army of 1808 onward.
When in the year Friedrich III. crowned king in Prussia, the army was no longer referred to as kurbrandenburgisch, but adopted the name royal Prussian. During the 18th century, only the name Prussian was used in the interior and exterior area. Ranks: At the beginning of the Prussian army only 6 ranks were used: - Mannschaften (Crews)
From left to right; Lt. Gen, Major, and Captain. General officers wore ornamental collar patches. In most cases this was an ornamental gold tassel on a red background, as worn in the late 18th Century by the Alt-Larisch infantry regiment of the old Prussian Army.
The Prussian army participated in the War of the Spanish Succession 1702-1714 and in the Great Northern War 1715-1720. The table below show which battles and sieges the individual regiments took part in.
Listing of current German Army service ranks.
Ranks of the Prussian Army. This chart shows the line infantry, cavalry, and light infantry ranking system for the Royal Prussian Army of 1808 onward. General der Infanterie and its equivalent, General der Cavallerie, were unused but still official from 1808 until December 1813. The ranks are in the contemporary German used by the Prussians ...
In actual fact the Prussian army always contained a number of forward looking men of high rank and many of the reforms seen together in 1813 were already in hand before the fateful battles of 1806. This is most clearly the case with that of the usage of the third rank and the Brigade Formations.
Pages in category "Infantry regiments of the Prussian Army". The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.