Find the word definition

Wikipedia
Oberfeldwebel
|-----

bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 align="center"|Oberfeldwebel
(Heer / Luftwaffe)
|-----

align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid gray;font-size:smaller" |

HD H 32 Oberfeldwebel HFla.svg

LD B 32 Oberfeldwebel.svg

|-----

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

|-----

UK

  • Army: Sergeant
  • Air Force: Sergeant

|-----

'''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
Remark:

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