Feldwebel (Fw or F, lit. 'field usher') is a non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in several countries. The rank originated in Germany, and is also used...
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Feldwebel. The army decides depending on the availability of positions. The promotion to Oberfeldwebel is regularly given after one year as Feldwebel...
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rank of both the Heer and Luftwaffe. It is placed between Gefreiter and Feldwebel, roughly equivalent to a British/Commonwealth army Corporal. Until the...
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they became a Fähnrich. Ensign (Fähnrich, ranking between Vize-Feldwebel and Feldwebel) A probationary officer waiting to become a 2nd Lieutenant (Leutnant)...
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Portepee, OR-5a/b) = Technical specialist, the equivalent of a Petty Officer Feldwebel (Portepeeunteroffiziere, also Unteroffiziere mit Portepee, OR-6 to OR-8)...
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initially responsible for the guard duty of the army. Later, it became the Feldwebel equivalent NCO-grade of the cavalry and artillery. Besides Austria and...
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and Luftwaffe, and NCOs with the rank Unteroffizier were promoted to Feldwebel. Unterfeldwebel/Obermaat By the GDR National People's Army and the Border...
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(SS-Senior section leader) Feldwebel Technical sergeant Staff sergeant SS-Standartenjunker OA (Officer aspirant) Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel OA (Officer aspirant)...
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service during World War I, serving as a Feldwebel in the 251st Infantry Regiment on the Western Front. As a Feldwebel, he received the Iron Cross. He was...
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occurred on 8 May 2000, when it renamed a military base in Rendsburg "Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne [de]" in honor of his courage. Schmid's name replaced that...
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groups and grades. In service, some black-colour emblems, e.g. for the feldwebel grades, lieutenant, or major, might not be very visible. Rank insignias...
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Leutnant German other ranks Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel, Sergeant Unteroffizier Gefreiter Gemeiner African other ranks Feldwebel Sergeant Unteroffizier Gefreiter...
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Allegiance Germany Service/branch Wehrmacht Years of service 1940–1945 Rank Feldwebel Unit 12th Panzer Division 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion Battles/wars World...
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since promotion to stabsunteroffizier, and nine years since promotion to feldwebel. In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed...
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Fritz Tornow (27 July 1924 – late 1990s) was a Feldwebel in the German Army who served as Adolf Hitler's personal dog-handler. He was one of the last...
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attire, SS-Oberscharführer displayed the shoulder insignia of a Wehrmacht Feldwebel. The rank of SS-Oberscharführer was junior to SS-Hauptscharführer. Various...
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Hauptfeldwebel / Hauptbootsmann OR-6: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann OR-6: Feldwebel / Bootsmann Remark The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr:...
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Acting pilot officer Oberfeldwebel Master sergeant — Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel N/A Feldwebel Technical sergeant Flight sergeant Fahnenjunker-Unterfeldwebel...
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Drillichrock Oberschütze Gefreiter Unteroffizier Feldwebel Oberfeldwebel Stabsfeldwebel Hauptfeldwebel...
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service) to assignment Feldwebel OR6 (design 1907–1911; excepted, the rank was provided in Russo-Japanese War) ... generated from Feldwebel OR6 ranks (design...
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to the 16th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment and obtained the rank of Feldwebel (equivalent to the US Army staff sergeant). Amann was Adolf Hitler's company...
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OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann OR-6b: Feldwebel / Bootsmann Naval equivalents—replacing Feldwebel with Bootsmann—and, historically, the Cavalry...
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Seconde-Lieutenant Seconde-Lieutenant Fähnrich Fähnrich Fähnrich Feldwebel Wachtmeister Feldwebel Sergeant Unterwachtmeister Sergeant Unterofficier Unterofficier...
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Joseph Stalin and based on eyewitness accounts, Hitler's dog-handler, Feldwebel Fritz Tornow, took Blondi's pups and shot them in the garden of the bunker...
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Pitts Siegfried Rauch as Hauptfeldwebel Hans Brandt Michael Byrne as Feldwebel Karl Hofer Maurice Roeves as Major Corcoran Keith Buckley as Hauptmann...
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non-commissioned officers (NCO) were made from white celluloid, those of the ranks Feldwebel and Stabsfeldwebel have been made from white silk since 1914. The rank...
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Unteroffiziere mit Portepee Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee Mannschaften Collar insignia Shoulder insignia Feldwebel Unteroffizier Gefreiter Grenadier Source:...
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Gemeiner, Korporal and Feldwebel (l.t.r., k.k. Army 1837)...
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lowest-ranking sergeant (OR-5), followed by Stabsunteroffizier (also OR-5), Feldwebel and Oberfeldwebel (OR-6), Hauptfeldwebel (OR-7/8), Stabsfeldwebel (OR-8)...
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Heinz Angres* Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel 8 JG 3 KIA 16 October 1944 Paul Angst Leutnant 5 JG 3, EJG 1 Robert Anlauf* Feldwebel 10 JG 52 KIA 28 March 1945...
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