Sergeant
The Unterwachtmeister designated in Germany a team rank of the police or a non-commissioned officer rank of the armed forces .
Reichswehr and Wehrmacht
In the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht , the Unterwachtmeister was the second lowest rank of NCO in the cavalry and artillery . In the other branches of the armed forces, special troops and services, as well as in the air force , the equivalent of this rank was the sergeant major . Both rank designations arose in 1921 from the sergeant who the Reichswehr had taken over from the old army for a short time . The equivalent of this rank of non-commissioned officer in the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine was the chief mate .
The police sergeant was the historical forerunner of the sergeant. The next highest rank in the police and military was the sergeant .
| Rank | ||
| lower: NCO |
.svg){kind=small} Sergeant ( Sergeant major ) |
higher: sergeant |
National Peoples Army
In the National People's Army of the GDR, the initially used rank designation Unterwachtmeister (Artillery) was standardized to Unterfeldwebel in 1972.
police
Police sergeant major
In the German uniformed police of the Weimar Republic and in the Third Reich, Police Unterwachtmeister was the designation for a team rank . It was introduced in 1923, but not used in all countries and all police bodies. Since 1941, the police sergeant was uniformly the second lowest rank of the uniformed police in front of the candidate and behind the red sergeant .
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Sub-sergeant of the VP
After 1945 the rank of Unterwachtmeister of the VP was only in the People's Police of the GDR, from the 1970s only in the People's Police Readiness (VPB).
| Rank | ||
| lower: candidate for VP |
.svg){kind=small} Sub-sergeant of the VP |
higher: sergeant of the VP |