Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces
Enlisted men

Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces

Section Title: Enlisted men
Table Section Text: None

-	Rank insignia	Name	Description

Mounting loop	Camouflage	German	French	Italian	Romansh	English designation	English equivalent

OR-1b	Rekrut (Rek)	Recrue (recr)	recluta	recruit	Recruit

OR-1a	-	OR-1a - Soldat	Soldat (Sdt)	Soldat (Sdt)	soldato	schuldà	Private E-1 (PTE)	Private (PTE)

OR-2	-	OR-2 - Appointé	Gefreiter (Gfr)	appointé (App)	appuntato	appuntà	Private E-2 (PTE) Lance Corporal (LCpl) (old designation)	appointee

OR-3	-	OR-3 - Appointé-Chef	Obergefreiter (Obgfr)	appointé-chef (App chef)	appuntato capo	primappuntà	Private first class (PFC)	Private first class (PFC)	Specialists who take over tasks of responsibility or hold the position of a squad commander. If the Obgfr has a commanding role, they count among the NCOs, otherwise they are enlisted men.

Sentence(s)

Designations are given in German, French, Italian and Romansh (in this order), with an English translation.

final_sentence: Designations are given in German, French, Italian and Romansh (in this order), with an English translation.