Obermaat

*Obermaat*
Obermaat;
	shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Navy
Abbreviation	OMaat
Rank	Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee grade
NATO rank code	OR-5
Formation	1955
Next higher rank	Bootsmann
Next lower rank	Maat
Equivalent ranks	Stabsunteroffizier

Obermaat is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and earlier other German-speaking armed forces.

Bundeswehr edit

Obermaat (OMaat or in lists OMT) is a rank of the German Navy. It belongs to the particular rank group NCO's without portepee.^[1]

According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Stabsunteroffizier of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR5 in NATO, equivalent to Petty officer, second class, Sergeant, or Staff Sergeant in Anglophone armed forces.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Obermaat also informally / short Obermaat. The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffizier ohne Portepee