Unterarzt (military)


Unterarzt was a military rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht until 1945.
It describes a qualified or licensed surgeon or dentist of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant rank. According to the rank hierarchy it was comparable to Sergeant First Class or Chief Petty Officer NATO-Rangcode OR7
in anglophone armed forces.

Wehrmacht

Heer

In the German Wehrmacht from 1933 until 1945 there were the OR7-ranks Unterarzt, Unterapotheker, and Unterveterinär. It was also comparable to the Oberfähnrich/Oberfähnrich zur See OR7-rank.
In line to the so-called , appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire of 1927, the comparative ranks were as follows: C 15
The corps colour of the military Health Service Support in German armed forces was traditional dark blue, and of the veterinarian service. This tradition was continued by the medical service corps in Heer and Luftwaffe of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht. However, the corps colour of the Waffen-SS and Kriegsmarine HSS was.
junior Rank
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German medical officer rank
Unterarzt
senior Rank
Assistenzarzt

Address

The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank Unterarzt was, „Herr Unterarzt“.