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.Mallmann Showell, p. 227
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-5: Obermaat / (Heer/ Luftwaffe) Stabsunteroffizier OR-5: Seekadett / Fahnenjunker OR-5: Maat / Unteroffizier
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицеров"!
Obermaat Nazi-Kriegsmarine until 1945 Maate (Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee) Title Obermaat Collar tab Sleeve insignia Obersteuermannmaat Oberbootsmannmaat Shoulder strap N/A Wehrmacht equivalent Unterfeldwebel
junior rankMaat (Kriegsmarine ranks)Obermaat senior rankBootsmann
See also Ranks of the German Bundeswehr Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted
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