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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 align="center"|Oberfeldwebel
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HD H 32 Oberfeldwebel HFla.svg
LD B 32 Oberfeldwebel.svg
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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1957 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Army / Air Force
Oberfeldwebel |-----
Navy
Oberbootsmann |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-6 |-----
US
- Army: Staff Sergeant
- Air Force: Technical Sergeant
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UK
- Army: Sergeant
- Air Force: Sergeant
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'''Oberfeldwebel '' (OFw' or OF) is the second lowest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Heer and Luftwaffe.
It is grouped as OR6 in NATO, equivalent in the US Army to Staff Sergeant, or in British Army / RAF to Sergeant.
In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfeldwebel also informally / short Oberfeld.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group ('' Senior NCOs with portepee'') is as follows:
- OR-9: Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann
- OR-8: Stabsfeldwebel / Stabsbootsmann
- OR-7: Hauptfeldwebel / Hauptbootsmann
- OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann
- OR-6b: Feldwebel / Bootsmann
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
junior Rank
Feldwebel
(German NCO rank)
Oberfeldwebel
senior Rank
Hauptfeldwebel
Oberfähnrich