Offiziersstellvertreter, short OStv (
en: ''Officer deputy''), is a rank of the higher non-commissioned officers rank group (also staff NCO group) in the
Austrian Bundesheer
The Austrian Armed Forces () are the combined military forces of Austria.
The military consists of 16,000 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 1.0% of national GDP (including pensions) or €3.317 billion (20 ...
and Imperial
German Army
The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (G ...
.
Austria-Hungaria (until 1918)
In 1915 the position ''Offiziersstellvertreter'' was introduced to the
Austro-Hungarian armed forces
The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces ( or ''Wehrmacht''; ) or Imperial and Royal Armed Forces were the military forces of Austria-Hungary. It comprised two main branches: The Austro-Hungarian Army, Army (''Landstreitkräfte'') and the Austr ...
, at the time being not as rank, but as an assignment. It was the intention to equalise the high number of
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
losses. Promoted were staff NCOs (Stabsfeldwebel, Stabswachtmeister, Stabsfeuerwerker, and/or Stabsoberjäger) who did have the appropriate rank at least for one month. Together with the staff NCOs the ''Offiziersstellvertreter'' formed the rank group of higher NCOs (de: higher Unteroffiziere).
German Empire and Weimar Republic
The rank was created in the
Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the leadership of Kingdom o ...
in 1887.
See also
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Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer
The Military ranks of Austria (or Ranks of the ) are the military insignia used by the Austrian Armed Forces. Austria is a landlocked country and has no navy.
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Student offi ...
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Rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces
This article deals with the rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army, as worn by the Austro-Hungarian Army after the reorganisation in 1867 until 1918.
In the Austrian army rank insignia are traditionally called Paroli (uniform), ''Paroli''
(p ...
References
*''Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968'', Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968
Military ranks of Austria
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