Nadporutschik
Nadporutschik , German Oberporutschik , is the highest or first officer rank from the group of lieutenants in a number of Slavophone armed forces. According to the NATO rank code , the Oberporutschik is currently comparable to the OF-1a classification .
A possible ascending order of precedence would be:
- Podporutschik (Unterporutschik / Unterleutnant )
- Porutschik ( lieutenant )
- Nadporutschik (Oberporutschik / First Lieutenant )
- Captain / captain (OF-2)
Name origin
The name of the basic rank Porutschik comes from the Russian noun "порука / poruka" - guarantee . Initially, the Porutschik had to accompany commanded soldiers. He guaranteed in writing that the soldiers arrived in full and on time at the place ordered. The rank later developed from this task.
In the Russian army , the poruchik was introduced to regiments with a new structure in the mid-17th century . A Porutschik was usually an assistant to the company commander and later a platoon leader . Further ranks followed.
Rank designations in different countries
In the following countries, the spellings for the ranks Podporutschik , Porutschik and Nadporutschik up to the classification in the hierarchy are almost the same or at least very similar.
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| country | language |
 NATO rank OF-1b (junior)
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NATO rank OF-1a (senior)
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| rank | designation | rank | designation | ||
 Croatia
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Serbo-Croatian |  |
Poručnik |  |
Natporučnik |
 Macedonia
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Macedonian |  |
Подпоручник (Podporucznik) |
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Поручник (Porucznik) |
 Poland
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Polish |
  
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Hat badge
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 Russia (until 1917) |
Russian |  |
Подпоручик (Podporutschik) |
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Поручик (Porutschik) |
 Serbia
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Serbian |
  
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 Slovakia
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Slovak |  |
Poručík | |
Nadporučík |
 Slovenia
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Slovenian |  |
Poročnik |  |
Nadporočnik |
 Czech Republic
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Czech | align = "center" | Poručík (also until 2011 Podporuchik OF1c) |
align = "center" | Nadporučík |
Equivalent to Germany
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lieutenant |
 
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First lieutenant | |
Equivalent United States
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Second lieutenant |  |
First lieutenant | |
Equivalent to Brazil
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Segundo tenente |  |
Primeiro Tenente | |
- annotation
In the armed forces of Macedonia , Poland and Serbia , the Unterporutschik is equivalent to the OF1b ranks Leutnant / Second lieutenant / Lieutenant .