Oberstarzt
Script error: No such module "Lang". (OTA) is a military rank in German speaking armed forces. It denotes a medical staff officer surgeon or medical staff officer dentist and is comparable to Colonel (de: Oberst) or Captain (naval) (de: Kapitän zur See) NATO-Rangcode OF5 in anglophone armed forces.
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| Army / Air Force | Script error: No such module "Lang". (equivalent Oberst) | ||
| Navy | Flottenarzt (equivalent KzS) | ||
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OF-5 | ||
Germany
Bundeswehr
In the Joint Medical Service of the German Bundeswehr Script error: No such module "Lang"., Oberstapotheker, and Oberstveterinär are comparable in NATO to the OF-5 rank Oberst; Flottenarzt, and Flottenapotheker are equivalent to Kapitän zur See, OF-5 as well.
Address
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank Script error: No such module "Lang". is "Herr/Frau Oberstarzt"; with the rank Oberstapotheker, "Herr/Frau Oberstapotheker". Military surgeons/dentists with the rank Flottenarzt are addressed "Herr/Frau Flottenarzt"; with the rank Flottenapotheker, "Herr/Frau Flottenapotheker".
The "Inspector of veterinary medicine of the Bundeswehr" (de: Inspizient Veterinärmedizin der Bundeswehr) holds the rank Oberstveterinär.
Rank insignias
On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three silver stars in silver oak leaves and the career insignia (de: Laufbahnabzeichen) as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. The piping on shoulder straps shows the Waffenfarbe (en: corps- or troop-function colour), corresponding to the appropriate military service, branch, or special force. The corps colour of the Script error: No such module "Lang". Joint Medical Service is dark blue.
In the Marines, the career insignia is in the middle of both sleeves, 3 cm above the cuff strips, and on the shoulder straps between strips and button.
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File:Bundeswehr Logo Sanitaetsdienst with lettering.svg German medical officer rank Script error: No such module "Lang". Flottenarzt |
senior Rank Generalarzt Admiralarzt |
Wehrmacht
Script error: No such module "Lang". of the German Wehrmacht was comparable to the Oberst (OF-5), as well as to the Standartenführer and Oberst of the Waffen-SS. In line to the so-called Reichsbesoldungsordnung (en: Reich's salary order), appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire (de: Besoldungsgesetz des Deutschen Reiches) of 1927[1] (changes 1937 – 1940), the comparative ranks were as follows: C 4
- Oberst (Heer and Luftwaffe)
- Kapitän zur See (Kriegsmarine)
- Oberstarzt from 1934 (medical service of the Wehrmacht)
- Flottenarzt, introduced June 26, 1935 (medical service of the Kriegsmarine)
- Oberstveterinär from 1934 (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht)
During wartime, regular assignments of Script error: No such module "Lang". was Division surgeon – IVb (de: Divisionsarzt – IVb).
The corps colour of the military Health Service Support (HSS) in German armed forces was traditional Template:Farbindexdark blue, and of the veterinarian service Template:Farbindex.[2] This tradition was continued by the medical service corps in Heer and Luftwaffe of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht. However, the corps colour of the Waffen-SS and Kriegsmarine HSS was Template:Farbindex.
- Rank insignias
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File:Collar tabs of Offiziere of the Heer.svg | File:Oberstarzt (eq. Oberst) - Medical Corps.png | File:Luftwaffe collar tabs Oberst 3D.svg | N/A | N/A | File:GE-NAVY-OF-5med FlArzt.svg | File:SS-Standartenfuehrer collar.jpg | File:WSS Staf-Oberf-Medical v.png |
| corps colour | dark blue | dark blue | cornflower blue | cornflower blue | ||||
| gorget patch | shoulder strap | gorget patch (im Generalstab) |
shoulder strap | shoulder strap | sleeve insigia | gorget patches | shoulder strap | |
| rank | Oberstarzt | Oberstarzt | Flottenarzt | Standartenführer (Oberstarzt Waffen-SS) | ||||
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Address
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank Script error: No such module "Lang". was, "Herr Oberstarzt"; with the rank Flottenarzt - "Herr Flottenarzt".
| Ranks Wehrmacht until 1945[3] | File:Flag of NATO.svg Ranks | |||
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| Medical service | en translation | Equivalent Heer | en equivalent | |
| Generaloberstabsarzt | Senior Staff-Surgeon General | General der Waffengattung | three star rank | OF-8 |
| Generalstabsarzt | Staff-Surgeon General | Generalleutnant | two star rank | OF-7 |
| Generalarzt | Surgeon General | Generalmajor | one star rank | OF-6 |
| Oberstarzt | Colonel (Dr.) | Oberst | Colonel | OF-5 |
| Oberfeldarzt | Lieutenant colonel (Dr.) | Oberstleutnant | Lieutenant colonel | OF-4 |
| Oberstabsarzt | Major (Dr.) | Major | OF-3 | |
| Stabsarzt | Captain (Dr.) | Hauptmann | Captain (army) | OF-2 |
| Oberarzt | First lieutenant (Dr.) | Oberleutnant | First lieutenant | OF-1a |
| Assistenzarzt | Second lieutenant (Dr.) | Leutnant | Second lieutenant | OF-1b |
| Unterarzt | Sergeant 1st Class (Dr.) | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | Officer Aspirant | OR-7[4] |
| Feldunterarzt (since 1940) | ||||
| Ranks Kriegsmarine (medical service) | File:Flag of NATO.svg Ranks | |||
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| Medical service | en translation | Equivalent Kriegsmarine | en equivalent | |
| Admiraloberstabsarzt | Surgeon general | Admiral (Germany) | three star rank | OF-8 |
| Admiralstabsarzt | Rear admiral upper half (Dr.) | Vizeadmiral | two star rank | OF-7 |
| Admiralarzt | Rear admiral lower half (Dr.) | Konteradmiral | one star rank | OF-6 |
| Flottenarzt | Captain naval (Dr.) | Kapitän zur See | Captain (naval) | OF-5 |
| Geschwaderarzt | Commander (Dr.) | Fregattenkapitän | Commander | OF-4 |
| Marineoberstabsarzt | Lieutenant commander (Dr.) | Korvettenkapitän | Lieutenant commander | OF-3 |
| Marinestabsarzt | Lieutenant naval (Dr.) | Kapitänleutnant | Lieutenant (naval) | OF-2 |
| Marineoberarzt | Lieutenant junior grade (Dr.) | Oberleutnant zur See | Lieutenant (junior grade) | OF-1a |
| Marineassistenzarzt | Ensign (Dr.) | Leutnant zur See | Ensign | OF-1b |
Austria-Hungary
In the Imperial & Royal Common Army of Austria-Hungary (de: Gemeinsame Armee or k.u.k. Armee) there was the rank Oberstabsarzt 1. Klasse (en: Senior staff surgeon 1st class) until 1918, equivalent to Oberstarzt in Germany. That particular rank was comparable to the Oberst OF5-rank (en: colonel) as well. There was also a rank Oberstabsarzt 2. Klasse (or másodosztályú fõtörzsorvos in Hungarian).
Officers with that rank
- Andreas Mollat (1802–1891) k. k. Oberststabsarzt
| Ranks k.u.k. Army until 1918 | File:Flag of NATO.svg Ranks | |||
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| Generalstabsarzt | Staff-Surgeon General | Generalmajor | Major general | OF-6 |
| Oberstabsarzt I. Klasse | Colonel (Dr. 1st class) | Oberst | Colonel | OF-5 |
| Oberstabsarzt II. Klasse | Lieutenant colonel (Dr. 2nd class) | Oberstleutnant | Lieutenant colonel | OF-4 |
| Stabsarzt | Major (Dr.) | Major | OF-3 | |
| Regimentsarzt I. Klasse | Captain (Dr. 1st class) | Hauptmann | Captain | OF-2 |
| Regimentsarzt II. Klasse | Captain (Dr. 2nd class) | |||
| Oberarzt | First lieutenant (Dr.) | Oberleutnant | First lieutenant | OF-1a |
| Assistenzarzt | Second lieutenant (Dr.) | Leutnant | Second lieutenant | OF-1b |
References
- ↑ Besoldungsgesetz vom 16. Dezember 1927 (RGBl. I …, C Soldaten S. 391), changes 1937 to 1940
- ↑ “War and victory 1870-71”, culture history, published by Julius von Pflugk-Harttung. (Original title: Krieg und Sieg 1870-71, Kulturgeschichte, Herausgeber Julius von Pflugk-Harttung.)
- ↑ F. Altrichter: “The reserve officer”, fourteenth checked addition, Berlin 1941, pages 158-159. (Original title: F. Altrichter: „Der Reserveoffizier“, vierzehnte durchgesehene Auflage, Berlin 1941, Seiten 158-159.)
- ↑ The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"
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