Stabsoberfähnrich
Stabsoberfähnrich (short: StOFähnr / in lists: SOFR; en: Staff-senior-fähnrich) was a military rank in the Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1979 to 1990. Stabsfähnrich did belong to the autonomous Fähnrich rank group between commissioned officer (CO) and non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks.[1] The position of the "Fähnrich rank group" might have been compared to the Warrant Officer (WO) rank group in Anglophone armed forces.
Stabsoberfähnrich | |||
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Rank insignia | NPA Fänrich rank | ||
Utilisation | 1979-1990 | ||
Rank group | Fähnrich | ||
Army, Air Force, Navy | Stabsoberfähnrich | ||
NATO equivalent | WO-4 | ||
The official manner, in line to NPA Handboock, of formal addressing of military people with the rank Stabsoberfähnrich was Genosse/Genossin Stabsoberfähnrich (en: comrade Stabsoberfähnrich).[2]
The bottom up approach in that rank group was as follows:
- Fähnrich WO-1,[3] (en: Fähnrich)
- Oberfähnrich (WO-2), (Senior-fähnrich)
- Stabsfähnrich WO-3, (Staff-fähnrich)
- Stabsoberfähnrich WO-4, (Staff-senior-fähnrich)
⇒ see main article Ranks of the National People's Army
junior rank Stabsfähnrich |
(NPA rank) Stabsoberfähnrich |
senior rank Unterleutnant |