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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 align="center"|Fähnrich
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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1957 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Army / Air Force
Oberfähnrich |-----
Navy
Oberfähnrich zur See |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-7 |-----
Oberfähnrich (OFähnr or OFR) designates in the Heer of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Portepeeunteroffizier ranks Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe, and Hauptbootsmann of Marine.
It is also grouped as OR-7 in NATO, equivalent to Sergeant 1st Class, Master Sergeant, or Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfähnrich also informally / short Oberfähnrich.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
- OR-9: Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann
- OR-8: Stabsfeldwebel / Stabsbootsmann
- OR-7: Oberfähnrich and Hauptfeldwebel / Oberfähnrich zur See and Hauptbootsmann
- OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann
- OR-6b: Fähnrich and Feldwebel / Fähnrich zur See and Bootsmann
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
junior Rank
Oberfeldwebel
Oberfähnrich
senior Rank
Stabsfeldwebel
Hauptfeldwebel
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Airborne troops / Volksmarine
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Rank insignia
NPA Fänrich rank |-----
Utilisation
1979-1990 |-----
Rank group
Fähnrichs |-----
Army / Air Force
Oberfähnrich |-----
Navy
Oberfähnrich |-----
NATOequivalent
WO-2 |-----
Army
Warrant Officer 2 |-----
Navy
Warrant Officer 2 |-----
Oberfähnrich (short: OFähnr / in lists: OFR; en: Senior-fähnrich) was a military rank in the Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. Oberfähnrich did belong to the autonomous "Fähnrich rank group" between commissioned officer (CO) and non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks.
The position of that career group might be compared to the Warrant Officer (WO) rank group in English speaking armed forces.
The bottom up approach in that rank group was as follows:
- Fähnrich WO-1, (en: Fähnrich)
- Oberfähnrich WO-2, (Senior-fähnrich)
- Stabsfähnrich WO-3, (Staff-fähnrich)
- Stabsoberfähnrich WO-4, (Staff-senior-fähnrich)
⇒ see main article Ranks of the National People's Army
Junior Rank
Fähnrich
(NPA rank)
Oberfähnrich
Senior Rank
Stabsfähnrich