Maréchal des logis

(French; ) is a sub-officer rank used by some units of the French Armed Forces. It is traditionally a cavalry unit rank. There are three distinct ranks of , which are generally the equivalents of sergeant ranks (although they generally have less responsibility than a British or Commonwealth sergeant).

• (equivalent to ). This is a superior rank to and wears three chevrons, gold or silver.
• (equivalent to ). Wears two chevrons. A may be shortened to "margis" in military jargon.
• (equivalent to ). Wears one chevron. This rank is increasingly uncommon in the French military since the end of conscription.

The usually commands a section, tank, or gun, and therefore corresponds approximately to the British or Commonwealth rank of corporal, the U.S. Army rank of staff sergeant, or the U.S. Marine Corps rank of sergeant.

The rank of is used by the armoured cavalry, the artillery, the materiel, the commissary and the transport corps, all of the French Army, and by the .

The term logistics is derived from , by Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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