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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 align="center"|Oberstabswachtmeister in Austria |-----
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Rank insignia
Austrian Bundesheer |-----
Introduction
1965 |-----
Rank group
Stabsunteroffiziere |-----
Army / Air Force
Oberstabswachtmeister |-----
Navy
no equivalent |-----
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Higher:
Stabswachtmeister |-----
Offiziersstellvertreter |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-8 |-----
Oberstabswachtmeister (short: OStWm) is in the Austrian Bundesheer a NCO-rank. It belongs to the higher Staff-NCO rank group, and is normally dedicated to command a platoon or to serve in a military staff appointment (assignment group M BUO 1 / professional NCO; respectively M ZUO 1 / reserve).
During United Nations missions and in NATO Partnership for Peace the rank Stabswachtmeister will be designated in English with Sergeant First Class (SFC) / Staff Sergeant (SSG) and is equivalent to NATO-Rang code OR-8.
The equivalent to Oberstabswachtmeister might be the Stabsfeldwebel of the Bundeswehr as well.
Rank insignia on the collar patch are a wide and a small white stripe with two sex serrated stars, symbolising the Austrian edelweiss.
See also:- Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer