Obermaat


Obermaat is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and earlier other German-speaking armed forces.

Bundeswehr

Obermaat is a rank of the German Navy. It belongs to the particular rank group NCO's without portepee.
According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Stabsunteroffizier of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR5 in NATO, equivalent to Petty officer, second class, Sergeant, or Staff Sergeant in Anglophone armed forces.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Obermaat also informally / short Obermaat. The sequence of ranks in that particular group is as follows:

Unteroffizier ohne Portepee

The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицеров"!

Obermaat Nazi-Kriegsmarine until 1945

junior rank
Maat


Obermaat
senior rank
Bootsmann