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Feldwebel is a German military rank which has existed since at least the 18th century with usage as a title dating to the Middle Ages. The word Feldwebel is usually translated as Sergeant. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organisations around the world. ...
The rank has also been borrowed to several other militaries, namely Swedish fältväbel, Russian фельдфебель, Finnish vääpeli and Estonian veebel.
Germany
19th century and German Kaiserreich
 Unterfeldwebel, obsolete insignia ( Reichswehr or Wehrmacht) Feldwebel gained its widest usage under the German military beginning from the early 19th century. The highest ranking Non-Commissioned Officer until 1918, the Feldwebel acted as Company Sergeant Major. Different from some other countries, the position and duty of Regimental Sergeant Major never existed in Germany. Second World War German Sergeant patch (Released by US National Archives) File links The following pages link to this file: Feldwebel Categories: National Archives and Records Administration images ...
Second World War German Sergeant patch (Released by US National Archives) File links The following pages link to this file: Feldwebel Categories: National Archives and Records Administration images ...
Literally Junior Officer with Swordknot, this is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officers in the German army. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sergeant Major. ...
Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) is an appointment held by Warrant Officers Class 1 (WO1) in the British Army, Royal Marines and many Commonwealth armies including the Australian Army and New Zealand Army, and by Chief Warrant Officers (CWO) in the Canadian Forces. ...
From 1877 veteran NCOs could be promoted to the rank of Feldwebel-Leutnant. This Army Reserve officer ranked with the Commissioned Officers, but was always inferior to the lowest Leutnant. The Military Reserves are an organization that is associated with the military but is not in active duty. ...
In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...
Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ...
From 1887 the Offizierstellvertreter (Deputy Officer) ranked as a kind of Warrant Officer (more NCO than officer) between Feldwebel and the commissioned officers. Two Bermuda Regiment Warrant Officers. ...
There were three further NCO ranks: Vizefeldwebel (Vice Feldwebel, senior NCO), Sergeant (junior NCO) and Unteroffizier (Lance Sergeant or Corporal, junior NCO). The Gefreiter was not an NCO as he had no powers of authority, and was a higher grade of private soldier. Modern German Gefreiter insignia Gefreiter is the German equivalent for Private in the armed services. ...
Reichswehr and Wehrmacht After World War I, in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Feldwebel grade was divided into several ranks: Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul...
The Reichswehr (help· info) (literally National Defense or Imperial Defense) formed the military organization of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when the government rebranded it as the Wehrmacht (Defence Force). ...
Wehrmacht troops of the Heer (military land forces) marching at a military parade in honour of the 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler, on April 20, 1939. ...
- Feldwebel (squad/section leader or deputy platoon leader)
- Oberfeldwebel (platoon leader, possible appointment to Hauptfeldwebel)
- Stabsfeldwebel (special rank reserved for 25-year volunteers only.)
Feldwebel and above were Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (Senior NCOs); Unterfeldwebel and Unteroffiziere were Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee (Junior NCOs). Since 1921 Unterfeldwebel has been the renamend rank of Sergeant (see above) and was therefore no full rank of Feldwebel. Unterfeldwebel did duty as squad/section leader. Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following: An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation. ...
This page relates to the World War Two appointment. ...
Literally Junior Officer with Swordknot, this is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officers in the German army. ...
Literally Non-commissioned officer without Swordknot, this is the designation for German junior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the German army. ...
The Stabsfeldwebel rank was reserved for those who had enlisted for 25 year terms of service in the pre-war German military and those who were enlisted for shorter terms were not eligible to hold this rank.
The appointment of Hauptfeldwebel (Company Sergeant Major) could be held by Stabsfeldwebels or Oberfeldwebels only. NCOs of a lower rank (Feldwebel, Unterfeldwebel, Unteroffizier) holding this position were titled Hauptfeldwebeldiensttuer (i.e. acting Hauptfeldwebel). This page relates to the World War Two appointment. ...
In the Waffen-SS the Oberscharführer has been the equivalent of Feldwebel in World War II. Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ...
SS-Oberscharführer insignia SA-Oberscharführer insignia Oberscharführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between the years of 1932 and 1945. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
Bundeswehr
 Feldwebel, modern Insignia ( Bundeswehr) In the modern German Bundeswehr, Feldwebel is considered a Senior NCO, due in part to the large number of Corporal positions which exist as junior grades. Typically, a soldier will rise to the rank of Feldwebel only after three to five years of service. Modern German Sergeant Rank File links The following pages link to this file: Feldwebel Categories: United States government images ...
Modern German Sergeant Rank File links The following pages link to this file: Feldwebel Categories: United States government images ...
The modern Bundeswehr NCO ranks are as follows:
- Junior NCOs - Unteroffizier, Stabsunteroffizier (NATO-Rank Code OR 5a, 5c)
- Senior NCOs - Feldwebel, Oberfeldwebel (OR 6a, 6c), Hauptfeldwebel (OR 7)
- Senior NCOs receiving officers' pay - Stabsfeldwebel (OR 8), Oberstabsfeldwebel (OR 9)
(Fahnenjunker (OR 5b), Fähnrich (OR 6b) and Oberfähnrich (OR 7/OR 8) are ranks only held by officers candidates.)
In the Bundeswehr, Hauptfeldwebel is no longer an appointment, but a rank. Hauptfeldwebels and above may hold the equivalents of the appointment of Company Sergeant Major in the different branches of the army: Kompaniefeldwebel (infantry company), Batteriefeldwebel (artillery battery) or Staffelfeldwebel (air force wing).
In the Deutsche Marine (German Navy, as part of the Bundeswehr), the equivalent to Feldwebel is the rank of Bootsmann ("boatswain").
Finland The military rank of vääpeli was previously used by salaried NCOs. Responsibility was given for training and maintenance. It is being currently phased out, and conscript officers, salaried sergeants and commissioned officers have taken over the tasks.
The position of vääpeli in wartime formations still exists, but it can be given to soldier of any rank, typically sergeant or undersergeant. In peacetime, the term yksikköupseeri, literally "officer of the unit", is used, and this position is held by a salaried officer, typically senior lieutenant. The responsibility is for the provisioning, maintenance, human resources management and generally well-being of the unit (company). Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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