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| Rank insignia | Austrian Bundesheer | ||
| Introduction | 1915 | ||
| Rank group | higher NCOs | ||
| Army / Air Force | Offiziersstellvereter | ||
| Navy | no equivalent | ||
| Lower: Higher: |
Oberstabsfeldwebel | ||
| Vizeleutnant | |||
| NATO equivalent |
OR-8 | ||
Offiziersstellvertereter, short OStv (en: Officer deputy), is a rank of the higher non-commissioned officers rank group (also staff NCO group) in the Austrian Bundesheer.
- See also
⇒ Article: Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer
Austria-Hungaria (until 1918)[]
In 1915 the position Offiziersstellvertreter was introduced to the Austro-Hungarian armed forces, at the time being not as rank, but as an assignment. It was the intension to equalise the high number of World War I 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).
- See also
⇒ Article: Rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces
| Junior Rank Cadet |
 Austro-Hungarian armed forces rank Offiziersstellvertreter |
Senior Rank Fähnrich |
| Designation | Offiziersstellvertreter OR8 | |
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| Rank description | OStv | OStv |
| Branch | Infantry | Rifles |
| (English) | (Officer deputy) | (Officer deputy) |
References[]
- Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968
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