Offiziersstellvertreter
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 and Imperial German Army.
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| Rank insignia | Austrian Bundesheer | ||
| Introduction | 1915 | ||
| Rank group | Stabsunteroffiziere | ||
| Army / Air Force | Offiziersstellvertreter | ||
| Navy | no equivalent | ||
| Lower: Higher: | Oberstabswachtmeister | ||
| Vizeleutnant | |||
| NATO equivalent | OR-9b[1] | ||
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 intention 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).
| Designation | Offiziersstellvertreter OR8 | |
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| Rank description | OStv | OStv |
| Branch | Infantry | Rifles |
| (English) | (Officer deputy) | (Officer deputy) |
| Junior Rank Cadet |
 Austro-Hungarian armed forces rank Offiziersstellvertreter |
Senior Rank Fähnrich |
German Empire and Weimar Republic
The rank was created in the Imperial German Army in 1887.
References
- The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"
- Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968