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Unteroffizier(e) mit Portepee, also Portepeeunteroffizier(e) (transl. Non-commissioned officer(s) with sword knot), is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officers in the armed forces of Germany.
Maate (Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee, OR-5a/b) = Technical specialist, the equivalent of a Petty Officer; Feldwebel (Portepeeunteroffiziere, also Unteroffiziere mit Portepee, OR-6 to OR-8) = having a position between Petty Officer and Warrant Officer; Seeoffiziere (OF-1 to OF-5) = Naval Officers; Admiralität, also Admiräle = (OF-6 to OF-10 ...
Senior NCO's (Unteroffiziere mit Portepee) added one to three stars; in addition, their unit identifiers took the form of white-metal insignia rather than embroidery. Shoulder-straps were made in both a standard width (4.5 cm, 1.8 in) and a wider one for three-digit unit numbers (5.3 cm, 2.1 in), and in three lengths depending on the size of ...
Unteroffizier(e), also Unteroffizier corps, is the collective name to all junior NCO-ranks in the modern day's Austrian Bundesheer.It comprises the ranks of the assignment group M BUO 2 (professional NCO 2; de: Berufsunteroffizier 2) with the rank Oberwachtmeister (OR6), and M ZUO 2 (time serving NCO 2; de: Zeitunteroffizier 2) with the rank Wachtmeister (OR5).
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (sub-officers with lanyard) These terms originate from the tradition that Prussian NCOs from the rank of Feldwebel upwards were entitled to bear a lanyard on their sabre. Soldiers have the possibility to start with the rank of an Unteroffizier or even Stabsunteroffizier if they already have a civil apprenticeship ...
Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) ... Unteroffiziere mit Portepee; Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee; W. Wachtmeister; Z. Zugführer (military)
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee – senior NCO; lit. "underofficer with sword-knot." Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee – junior NCO; lit. "underofficer without sword-knot." Unterführer – summarized term for all non-commissioned officers; literally: "subleaders". Unterseeboot (U-Boot) – literally, "undersea boat"; submarine. In the English ...
Feldwebel and above were Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (Senior NCOs); Unterfeldwebel and Unteroffiziere were Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee (Junior NCOs). In 1921, the rank of Sergeant was renamed Unterfeldwebel. Unterfeldwebel s did duty as squad/section leaders.