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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">German military rank</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtze_(surname)" title="Schütze (surname)">Schütze (surname)</a>.</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the service branch, see <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtzen_(military)" title="Schützen (military)">Schützen (military)</a>.</div> <p><i><b>Schütze</b></i> in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> means "rifleman" or "shooter",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcNab200930_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcNab200930-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or in older terms originally connoted "archer" before the advent of the rifle. It also occasionally occurs as a surname, or as <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtz" title="Schütz">Schütz</a>, as in the opera <i><a href="/wiki/Der_Freisch%C3%BCtz" title="Der Freischütz">Der Freischütz</a></i>. The word itself is derived from the German word <i>schützen</i>, meaning to protect, or to guard. It was originally used for <a href="/wiki/Archery" title="Archery">archers</a> as they protected castle walls, and is the German equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Sagittarius (disambiguation)">Sagittarius</a>, the mythical form which held bow and arrow.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sch%C3%BCtze&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12,_Russland,_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg/170px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg/255px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg/340px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-12%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtze_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="789" /></a><figcaption>Schütze Div. <a href="/wiki/Panzer-Grenadier-Division_Gro%C3%9Fdeutschland" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland">Großdeutschland</a> (1943)</figcaption></figure> <p>As a rank of the Armed Forces of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> until 1918, <i>Schütze</i> was used for the lowest enlisted ranks in <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> units and some elite troops like Saxon <i>Schützen</i>-Regiment 108 exclusively. Usually translated as "<a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">private</a>", from 1920 on it names the lowest enlisted rank of the <i><a href="/wiki/Reichswehr" title="Reichswehr">Reichswehr</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a>. The equivalent of <i>Schütze</i> in the other branches of the German military was <i>Jäger</i>, <i>Kanonier</i>, <i>Pionier</i>, <i>Kraftfahrer</i> or <i>Grenadier</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaskew201146_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaskew201146-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a>; <i>Flieger</i> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i>, <i>Matrose</i> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarine" title="Reichsmarine">Reichsmarine</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaskew201146_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaskew201146-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Rank insignia of a <i>Schütze</i> of the Heer until 1942 (the rank of Schütze became Grenadier after 1942)</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td align="center">Collar patch </td> <td align="center">Shoulder strap </td> <td align="center">Sleeve badge<br /><small>(left upper arm)</small> </td> <td align="center">Rank<br />description </td> <td align="center">Equivalent </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg/55px-Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg/83px-Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg/110px-Collar_tabs_of_Unteroffiziere_and_Mannschaften_of_the_Heer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg/100px-WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg/150px-WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg/200px-WMacht_H_Inf_OR4-1_Mannschaften02_h_1945.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="196" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">--- </td> <td align="center"><b>Schütze</b><br /> (OR-1) </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sch%C3%BCtze&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, it also became a <a href="/wiki/SS_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="SS rank">rank</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a></i>, SS-<i>Schütze</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcNab200930_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcNab200930-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other branches of the SS referred to the rank as <i><a href="/wiki/Mann_(military_rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mann (military rank)">Mann</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELumsden2000109_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELumsden2000109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Insignia of rank <i>Schütze</i> of the Waffen-SS</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SS-Mannschaft.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shoulder strap in Feldgrau (all other enlisted ranks OR-1 to OR-3 of the Waffen-SS)"><img alt="Shoulder strap in Feldgrau (all other enlisted ranks OR-1 to OR-3 of the Waffen-SS)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SS-Mannschaft.svg/120px-SS-Mannschaft.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SS-Mannschaft.svg/180px-SS-Mannschaft.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SS-Mannschaft.svg/240px-SS-Mannschaft.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="145" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Shoulder_strap" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoulder strap">Shoulder strap</a> in <a href="/wiki/Feldgrau" title="Feldgrau">Feldgrau</a><br /><small>(all other enlisted ranks OR-1 to OR-3 of the Waffen-SS)</small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SS-Mann,_SS-Schuetze,_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gorget patches"><img alt="Gorget patches" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg/120px-SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg/180px-SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg/240px-SS-Mann%2C_SS-Schuetze%2C_SS-Oberschuetze_collar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gorget_patches" title="Gorget patches">Gorget patches</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern-day_Schütze"><span id="Modern-day_Sch.C3.BCtze"></span>Modern-day Schütze</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sch%C3%BCtze&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern-day Schütze"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DH001-Soldat.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/DH001-Soldat.svg/45px-DH001-Soldat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/DH001-Soldat.svg/68px-DH001-Soldat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/DH001-Soldat.svg/90px-DH001-Soldat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="120" data-file-height="273" /></a><figcaption>Insignia of <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> modern day <i>Schütze</i>, here <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_strap" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoulder strap">shoulder strap</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The present-day German military maintains <i>Schütze</i> as the lowest enlisted grade, with a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> rank code of OR-1. A <i>Schütze</i> ranks below <i><a href="/wiki/Gefreiter" title="Gefreiter">Gefreiter</a></i> which is the equivalent of a private (OR-2); the equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/Private_first_class" title="Private first class">private first class</a> being an <i><a href="/wiki/Obergefreiter" title="Obergefreiter">Obergefreiter</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Hauptgefreiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Hauptgefreiter">Hauptgefreiter</a></i>. </p><p>During various periods in German military history, a senior private rank known as <i><a href="/wiki/Obersch%C3%BCtze" title="Oberschütze">Oberschütze</a></i> existed between the grades of <i>Schütze</i> and <i>Gefreiter</i>. In the modern German Army the rank of <i>Schütze</i> is not used very often. Every part of the <i>Bundeswehr</i> has a different name for this rank. For example, in the <i>Panzergrenadiertruppe</i> (heavy mechanized infantry) the name of the rank is <i>Panzergrenadier</i>, and within the <i>Fernmelder</i> (communication troops), the name is <i>Funker</i> (radio operator).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sch%C3%BCtze&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtze_(Dienstgrad)" class="extiw" title="de:Schütze (Dienstgrad)">Modern-day Schütze</a> <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schutz" title="Schutz">Schutz</a></li></ul> <table class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0.5em auto; clear: both;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:30%; text-align:center;">Junior Rank<br /><b>no</b> </td> <td style="width:40%; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Schutzstaffel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel">Rank Waffen-SS</a></b><br /><b>SS-Schütze</b> </td> <td style="width:30%; text-align:center;">Senior Rank<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Obersch%C3%BCtze" title="Oberschütze">SS-Oberschütze</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:30%; text-align:center;">Junior Rank<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Anw%C3%A4rter" title="Anwärter">SS-Anwärter</a></b> </td> <td style="width:40%; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Schutzstaffel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel">Rank Allgemeine-SS</a></b><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mann_(military_rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mann (military rank)">SS-Mann</a></b> </td> <td style="width:30%; text-align:center;">Senior Rank<br /><b>No equivalent</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sch%C3%BCtze&action=edit&section=5" 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Amber Books Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-907446-95-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-907446-95-5"><bdi>978-1-907446-95-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Wehrmacht&rft.pub=Amber+Books+Ltd&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-907446-95-5&rft.aulast=Haskew&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASch%C3%BCtze" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLumsden2000" class="citation book cs1">Lumsden, Robin (2000). <i>A Collector's Guide To: The Waffen–SS</i>. 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