Lance corporal (LCpl or formerly L/Cpl) is the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, between private and corporal (although officially they have a NATO grade of OR3, due to their having the same battlefield role of fire team commander as a sergeant in the U.S. United Kingdom British Army and Royal Marines The Canadian Armed Forces abolished the Canadian Army rank of lance corporal on their creation as a unified force in 1968. In the Bangladesh Army, the rank of lance corporal is above the rank of sainik (সৈনিক) and below the rank of corporal. Second corporal was also formerly used in Australia in the same way that it was used in the British Army. There is no equivalent rank within the Australian or New Zealand Air Force or Navy. A lance corporal is usually the second in command of a section, and is in control of the gun group in an infantry section. A commanding officer can demote a lance corporal, whereas other ranks require a court martial for demotion. It is the only appointed rank, and thus demotion is easier than with other ranks. Lance corporal is the lowest of the non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army and New Zealand Army, falling between private and corporal.
The badge of rank is a single chevron worn on both sleeves or on an epaulette. Much like the use of bombardier instead of corporal in artillery units, lance corporals are known as lance bombardiers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Lance corporals are commonly addressed as "corporal", with "lance jack" or "half-screw" (with corporals being "full screws") being common colloquialisms for the rank. In Commonwealth forces, a lance corporal is usually the second-in-command of a section. The rank of anspeçada was discontinued in Brazil in the first half of the 20th century. The rank existed also in the Brazilian States' Military Police Forces and in the Military Firefighters Corps. " Lance" or " lances fournies" was also a term used in Medieval Europe to denote a unit of soldiers (usually 5 to 10 men strong).Īfter the independence of Brazil in 1822, the new Brazilian Army followed the Portuguese system of ranks, having also the rank of anspeçada. It can be translated as "one who has broken a lance in combat", and is therefore a leader. The presumed origin of the rank of lance corporal derives from an amalgamation of "corporal" from the Italian phrase capo corporale ("head of the body") with the now-archaic lancepesade, which in turn derives from the Italian lancia spezzata, which literally means "broken lance" or "broken spear", formerly a non-commissioned officer of the lowest rank. It is below the rank of corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer (NCO), usually equivalent to the NATO Rank Grade OR-3. Lance Corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organisations. JSTOR ( March 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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