Fortress master craftsman

Wehrmacht, fortress foreman
Rank badge of a fortress foreman of the Wehrmacht
Rank group	Rank III. NCOs 1st class of fortress master craftsmen and horseshoe instructors
NATO rank code	possibly WO-1
Rank Army / Air Force	Fortress master craftsman
Marine rank	no equivalent
Abbreviation (in lists)
Grade	Grade 18

Fortress foreman was the second highest rank of non-commissioned officer of the fortress pioneers of the Wehrmacht until 1945.

A fortress foreman or fortress foreman was the supervisor of the technical crew (= operation and maintenance of the machines) of a tank factory of the strength "B" of the Western Wall or Atlantic Wall .

Rank
lower: Staff Sergeant	Fortress master craftsman ( Farriery teacher )	higher: fortress master craftsman

Comparable ranks

The rank was directly comparable to the horseshoe instructor of the mounted transport troops of the Wehrmacht.

There was no direct equivalent in the English-speaking armed forces, but the rank would have been comparable to the Warrant Officer (WO-1) of the British Royal Navy or the United States Navy.

Gun color

The weapon color of the "fortress construction pioneer troops" was "bright red".

See also

See also : Ranks of the Wehrmacht  and NS ranks

See also : Ranks of the Wehrmacht  and Ranks of the Air Force (1935–1945)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Absolon, Rudolf : The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich, Vol. V: September 1, 1939 to December 18, 1941, Writings of the Federal Archives, Vol. 16 / V, Boppard am Rhein: Harald Boldt Verlag, 1988, p. 160 u. P. 349.