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'''Plutonowy''' (literally ''[[Platoon]]-man'') is an [[Non-commissioned officer|NCO]] rank in the [[Polish Armed Forces rank insignia]] system, located between the ranks of [[Corporal|Senior Corporal]] and [[Sergeant]]. As one of two OR-4 ranks in the Polish Army (the other being the rank of starszy kapral), the rank of plutonowy could be considered a Polish equivalent of [[Corporal]], [[Unteroffizier]] or [[Master corporal]] in other [[NATO]] armies. The direct translation of Corporal to Polish, the [[Corporal#Poland|rank of ''kapral'']] is a lower grade in Polish Armed Forces, equivalent to OR-3 grades of other armies, such as [[Lance corporal]] or [[Private first class]].
The rank was introduced in the Polish Army in 1919. Initially graded as one of "junior NCO" class, since 1967 it is considered one of "senior NCO" class. Currently a non-commissioned officer in the rank of plutonowy in most cases occupies the post of a troop commanding officers, or a chief of a single machine in technical services (radio station commander, electricity plant commander and so on).
The rank of plutonowy is paralleled in the [[Polish Navy]] by the rank of [[bosmanmat]] (literally [[boatswain]]-mate).
Until 1967 the rank insignia of a plutonowy were three bars. In that year, as part of a set of changes modifying the service in the Polish Army to better fit the Soviet scheme, a fourth bar was added.
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Polish Language|Polish:]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Sierżant]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Plutonowy'''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Starszy kapral]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Kapral]]
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|Abbreviation||sierż.||plut.||st.kpr.||kpr.
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||Sergeant
||Platoon-leader
||Senior Corporal
||Corporal
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[[Category:Military ranks of Poland]]