Obermaat

Obermaat
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

Maate (Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee)
Title	Obermaat
Collar tab
Sleeve insignia
	Obersteuermannmaat	Oberbootsmannmaat
Shoulder strap		N/A
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

Bibliography

• Mallmann Showell, Jak P. (2002) [1999]. German Navy Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3205-8.