Vizeadmiral | |||||||
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Rank insignia | German officer rank | ||||||
Introduction | |||||||
Rank group | Commissioned officers | ||||||
Navy | Vizeadmiral | ||||||
Army / Air Force | Generalleutnant | ||||||
NATO equivalent |
OF-8 | ||||||
Army | Lieutenant general | ||||||
Navy | Vice admiral |
Vizeadmiral, short VAdm in lists VADM, (en: Vice admiral) is a senior naval flag officer rank in the German Navy. It is equivalent to Generalleutnant in the Heer and Luftwaffe or to Admiraloberstabsarzt and/or Generaloberstabsarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.
In the German Navy Vizeadmiral is, as in many navies, a three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8. However, in other German speaking naval forces, e.g. Kaiserliche Marine, Kriegsmarine, Volksmarine, and the Austro-Hungarian K.u.K. Kriegsmarine, Vizeadmiral was an OF-7 two-star flag officer rank.
Address
The official manner of formal addressing of military people with the rank Vizeadmiral (OF-8) is "Herr/Frau Vizeadmiral". However, as to German naval traditions the “Vizeadmiral“ will be addressed "Herr/Frau Admiral".
Rank insignia and rating
Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and two normal once (without the star when rank loops are worn). It is grade B8 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.
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junior rank Konteradmiral |
Vizeadmiral | senior rank Admiral |
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
- OF-9:[1] Admiral (Germany) / General (Germany)
- OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
- OF-7: Konteradmiral / Generalmajor
- OF-6: Flottillenadmiral / Brigadegeneral
See also
References
- ^ The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер"