What is "podporuchik"

''This article is about the OF-1b (OF-1 junior) rank Podporuchik (Army and Air Force). For the equivalent rank in NATO see Second lieutenant / Pilot officer, Ensign, Leutnant / Leutnant zur See. |-----

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Rank insignia

RI Army | RI Navy |-----

Introduction

1703 |-----

Rank group

Junior officers |-----

Army 1855-1917

Podporuchik |-----

Navy 1909-1917

Michman |-----

NATOequivalent

OR-1b |-----

Podporuchik (, , , , , , ) is an Officers rank out of the Lieutenant´s rank group in Slavophone armed forces.

According to the modern day´s NATO rank system Poporuchik might be comparable to OF-1b) ranks Second lieutenant / Pilot officer, Ensign, Leutnant / Leutnant zur See. With exemption of the more junior "podporuchik" OF-1c of the Czech Army until 2011, it should not be confused to Mladshy leytenant or Unterleutnant, OF-1c as well.