Master (rank)
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 Shoulder piece with all uniforms |
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| Rank group | NCOs m. P. |
| NATO rank code | OR-6 |
| Rank Army / Air Force | sergeant |
| Marine rank | Master of the VM |
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Meister was the lowest rank of sergeant in the rank group of NCOs in the People's Navy of the former National People's Army (NVA) of the German Democratic Republic , which corresponds to the rank of " boatswain " in the Bundeswehr . In the other NVA armed forces, the rank of sergeant was equal to this nautical rank of "master" . The next higher rank was the Obermeister , the lower rank the Obermaat .
According to today's NATO rank codes , the Obermeister would be comparable to OR-6.
- annotation
- OR - stands for en Other (enlisted) Ranks (OR)
Specialty
- The rank of Master of the People's Navy is not to be confused with the rank of Master of the VP , who in the People's Police was the second highest rank in the rank group of NCOs with Portepee and was equivalent to the Oberfeldwebel der NVA (OR-7).
- Comparable ranks are the boatswain of the Navy until 1945 and the boatswain of the German Navy of the Bundeswehr .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyers Universal Lexikon , 3rd edition 1980, order no .: 576 970 2, license no. 433 130/198/80, Volume III, pp. 217–218 "Rank and service career badges of the People's Navy - Rank, number 6 Master (administrative career)."
- ↑ The abbreviation “OR” stand for “other ranks / sous-officiers et militaires du rang” see: NATO glossary abbreviations used in NATO documents and publications / Glossaire OTAN des abréviations utilisées dans les documents et publications OTAN 2010, p. 237. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
