Obermaat
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Obermaat is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and earlier other German-speaking armed forces.
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Obermaat | |
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Country | Germany |
Service branch | German Navy |
Abbreviation | OMaat |
Rank | Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee grade |
NATO rank code | OR-5 |
Formation | 1955 |
Next higher rank | Bootsmann |
Next lower rank | Maat |
Equivalent ranks | Stabsunteroffizier |
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 |
Maate (Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee) | ||||||||
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Title | Obermaat | |||||||
Collar tab | ||||||||
Sleeve insignia | ||||||||
Obersteuermannmaat | Oberbootsmannmaat | |||||||
Shoulder strap | N/A | |||||||
Wehrmacht equivalent | Unterfeldwebel |
junior rank Maat |
(Kriegsmarine ranks) Obermaat |
senior rank Bootsmann |
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