Obersturmführer
| Obersturmführer | |
|---|---|
| File:SS-Obersturmführer.svg SS collar patches | |
| Country | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany |
| Service branch | File:Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg Schutzstaffel File:SA-Logo.svg Sturmabteilung File:NSKK Hausflagge.svg National Socialist Motor Corps File:NSFK Wimpel Fördernde Mitglieder.svg National Socialist Flyers Corps |
| Abbreviation | Ostuf |
| NATO rank code | OF-1 |
| Formation | 1932 |
| Abolished | 1945 |
| Next higher rank | Hauptsturmführer |
| Next lower rank | Untersturmführer |
| Equivalent ranks | Oberleutnant |
.svg){kind=link}
Obersturmführer (German: [ˈoːbɐʃtʊʁmˌfyːʁɐ], lit. 'Senior storm leader';[1][2] short: Ostuf) was a Nazi Germany paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the need for an additional rank in the officer corps. Obersturmführer also became an SS rank at that same time.[3] An SA-Obersturmführer was typically a junior company commander in charge of fifty to a hundred men. Within the SS, the rank of Obersturmführer carried a wider range of occupations including staff aide, Gestapo officer, concentration camp supervisor, and Waffen-SS platoon commander. Within both the SS and SA, the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht.[4] The insignia for Obersturmführer was three silver pips and a silver stripe centered on a uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to an Untersturmführer (or Sturmführer in the SA[1]) and junior to the rank of Hauptsturmführer.[4]
Rank insignia
| Obersturmführer SS, SA, NSKK, and NSFK | ||||||
|
File:Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg Schutzstaffel (SS) |
File:SA-Logo.svg Sturmabteilung (SA) |
File:NSKK Hausflagge.svg NS Motor Corps (NSSKK) |
File:NSFK Wimpel Fördernde Mitglieder.svg NS Flyers Corps (NSFK) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:WSS Pi OF1a Ostuf 1945.png | File:OLt Ostuf OF1a cam slv 1945.svg | File:SS-Obersturmführer.svg | File:SA-Obersturmführer.svg | File:NSKK-Obersturmführer.svg | File:NSFK-Obersturmführer.svg | |
| Waffen-SS |
|
collar insignia | ||||
| Sequence of ranks in comparison with Wehrmacht | ||
| junior rank SS-Untersturmführer |
SS Rank Obersturmführer |
senior rank
|
SA-Sturmführer |
SA Rank Obersturmführer |
|
Leutnant (OF-1b) |
File:Balkenkreuz.svg Wehrmacht rank Oberleutnant (OF-1a)[5] |
Hauptmann / Rittmeister (OF-2) |
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McNab 2009b, p. 15.
- ↑ Stein 1984, p. 297.
- ↑ McNab 2009, pp. 29, 30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Flaherty 2004, p. 148.
- ↑ The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер".
Bibliography
- Flaherty, T. H. (2004) [1988]. The Third Reich: The SS. Time-Life Books, Inc. ISBN 1-84447-073-3.
- McNab, Chris (2009). The SS: 1923–1945. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-49-5.
- McNab, Chris (2009b). The Third Reich. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8.
- Stein, George (1984) [1966]. The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939–1945. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9275-0.