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| Obermaat | |
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   shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Service branch |  German Navy |
| Abbreviation | OMaat |
| Rank | Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee grade |
| NATO rank code | OR-5 |
| Formation | 1955 |
| Next higher rank | Bootsmann |
| Next lower rank | Maat |
| Equivalent ranks | Stabsunteroffizier |
Obermaat is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and earlier other German-speaking armed forces.
Bundeswehr
Obermaat (OMaat or in lists OMT) 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 (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffizier ohne Portepee
- OR-5a: Obermaat / (Heer/ Luftwaffe) Stabsunteroffizier
- OR-5b: Seekadett / Fahnenjunker
- OR-5c: Maat / Unteroffizier
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицеров"!
| Preceded by junior Rank Maat |
 (German NCO rank) Obermaat |
Succeeded by senior Rank Bootsmann |
Obermaat Nazi-Kriegsmarine until 1945
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| Title | Obermaat | |||||||
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| Obersteuermannmaat | Oberbootsmannmaat | |||||||
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| Wehrmacht equivalent | Unterfeldwebel | |||||||
| junior rank Maat |
 (Kriegsmarine ranks) Obermaat |
senior rank Bootsmann |
See also
- Ranks of the German Bundeswehr
- Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr
- Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted
Citations
- Mallmann Showell, p. 227
Bibliography
- Mallmann Showell, Jak P. (2002) . German Navy Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3205-8.
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