Proposed changes in Bundeswehr rank structure

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With Brexit, the EU will lose over 40% of its military capability. The Bundeswehr have e major problems recruiting. One suggestion has been to recruit soldiers from other EU countries. As Bundeswehr is a bureaucratic organization, changes in the rank structure have also been proposed, in order to increase recruitment and retention.

The image summarizes the proposed changes. Two additional ranks among ‘’Mannschaften’’ (enlisted), Korporal (paygrade A6) and Stabskorporal (A7). Today’s Unteroffiziere (A5) and Stabsunteroffiziere (A6, A7) will have a specific rank for paygrade A7 = Oberstabsunteroffizier. Direct recruitment will be possible for officers in the ‘’Militärfachliche Dienst’’ (Leutnant-Stabshauptamm); today only recruited from senior NCOs.


Source: https://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/h ... RTKVMN1GK1