Obersturmführer
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{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Literally;Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn short: Ostuf) was a Nazi Germany paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.
The rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the need for an additional rank in the officer corps. Obersturmführer also became an SS rank at that same time.Template:Sfn
An SA-Obersturmführer was typically a junior company commander in charge of fifty to a hundred men. Within the SS, the rank of Obersturmführer carried a wider range of occupations including staff aide, Gestapo officer, concentration camp supervisor, and Waffen-SS platoon commander. Within both the SS and SA, the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht.Template:Sfn
The insignia for Obersturmführer was three silver pips and a silver stripe centered on a uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to an Untersturmführer (or Sturmführer in the SATemplate:Sfn) and junior to the rank of Hauptsturmführer.Template:Sfn
Rank insigniaEdit
| Obersturmführer SS, SA, NSKK, and NSFK | ||||||
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| File:WSS Pi OF1a Ostuf 1945.png | File:OLt Ostuf OF1a cam slv 1945.svg | File:SS-Obersturmführer.svg | File:SA-Obersturmführer.svg | File:NSKK-Obersturmführer.svg | File:NSFK-Obersturmführer.svg | |
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collar insignia | ||||
| Sequence of ranks in comparison with Wehrmacht | ||
| junior rank SS-Untersturmführer |
SS Rank Obersturmführer |
senior rank
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SA-Sturmführer |
SA Rank Obersturmführer |
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Leutnant (OF-1b) |
File:Balkenkreuz.svg Wehrmacht rank Oberleutnant (OF-1a)<ref>The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер".</ref> |
Hauptmann / Rittmeister (OF-2) |
