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Obermaat
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Country  Germany
Service branch  German Navy
AbbreviationOMaat
Rank Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee grade
NATO rank codeOR-5
Formation1955
Next higher rank Bootsmann
Next lower rank Maat
Equivalent ranks Stabsunteroffizier

Obermaat is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and earlier other German-speaking armed forces.

Bundeswehr

Obermaat (OMaat or in lists OMT) is a rank of the German Navy. It belongs to the particular rank group NCO's without portepee. [1]

According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Stabsunteroffizier of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR5 in NATO, equivalent to Petty officer, second class, Sergeant, or Staff Sergeant in Anglophone armed forces.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Obermaat also informally / short Obermaat. The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffizier ohne Portepee

The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицеров"!

Preceded by
junior Rank
Maat

( German NCO rank)
Obermaat
Succeeded by
senior Rank
Bootsmann

Obermaat Nazi-Kriegsmarine until 1945

Maate ( Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee)
Title Obermaat
Collar tab
Sleeve insignia
Obersteuermannmaat Oberbootsmannmaat
Shoulder strap N/A
Wehrmacht equivalent Unterfeldwebel
junior rank
Maat

( Kriegsmarine ranks)
Obermaat
senior rank
Bootsmann

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Mallmann Showell, p. 227

Bibliography

  • Mallmann Showell, Jak P. (2002) [1999]. German Navy Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN  0-7509-3205-8.