Oberfähnrich

This article is about the German Heer "Oberfähnriche" OR7. For the equivalent US army ranks, see Officer candidate. For UK army rank, see Officer cadet.
Fähnrich
(Heer / Luftwaffe)
Rank insignia German NCO rank
Introduction 1957
Rank group Non-commissioned officers
Army / Air Force Oberfähnrich
Navy Oberfähnrich zur See
NATO
equivalent 		OR-7

Oberfähnrich (OFähnr or OFR) designates in the Heer of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Portepeeunteroffizier ranks Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe, and Hauptbootsmann of Marine.

It is also grouped as OR-7 in NATO, equivalent to Sergeant 1st Class, Master Sergeant, or Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfähnrich also informally / short Oberfähnrich.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:

Remark

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

junior Rank
Oberfeldwebel

Oberfähnrich		 senior Rank
Stabsfeldwebel
Hauptfeldwebel
See also

Particularity

The top-down sequence of German Heer/ Luftwaffe, and Navy Officer Aspirant (OA) ranks is as follows:

Already below the lowest officer designated rank "Fahnenjunker" any military person, assigned to an officer career, has to wear additionally to the particular rank the two capital letters “OA”, indicating to the “Officer Aspirant” career. The "nautical star" symbolises the "OA" career.

Equivalent in other countries

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