What rank in the British Amy is the equivalent to Hauptsturmfuhrer in the S.S.
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"Sturmhauptführer Sturmhauptführer (, ""storm chief leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank used by both the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA) and the SS. It was the equivalent of a ""Hauptmann"" in the German Army. This is the equivalent of captain (O-3) in western militaries. The rank was first created in 1928 as an SA rank and was bestowed upon those SA officers who were company commanders of SA units. The rank translates as ""storm head leader"" and can trace its origins to the German shock troops of the First World War, who were typically organized into storm trooper companies under an officer"
"two completely separate organizations. ""Sturmhauptführer"" remained an SA rank until 1945. Sturmhauptführer Sturmhauptführer (, ""storm chief leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank used by both the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA) and the SS. It was the equivalent of a ""Hauptmann"" in the German Army. This is the equivalent of captain (O-3) in western militaries. The rank was first created in 1928 as an SA rank and was bestowed upon those SA officers who were company commanders of SA units. The rank translates as ""storm head leader"" and can trace its origins to the German shock troops of the First World War,"
"Sturmscharführer SS-Sturmscharführer (, ""storm squad leader"") was a Nazi rank of the Waffen-SS that existed between 1934 and 1945. The rank was the most senior enlisted rank in the Waffen-SS, the equivalent of a regimental sergeant major, in other military organizations. ""Sturmscharführer"" as a proper rank was unique to the Waffen-SS and was not used in the general-SS (""Allgemeine-SS""), where the highest enlisted rank was ""Hauptscharführer"". Members of the ""Sicherheitspolizei"" (SiPo), when wearing the rank insignia of ""Sturmscharführer"" with police collar piping, did so when holding the equivalent police rank of ""Meister"" or the investigator's title of ""Kriminalsekretär"". Administratively, such"
"ranked lieutenant or captain. As an SS rank, ""Sturmhauptführer"" was established in 1930 as a senior rank to that of ""Sturmführer"". ""Sturmhauptführer"" was initially considered as more of a senior lieutenant, but after 1932 the rank was rated above that of ""Obersturmführer"" and became the equivalent of a captain. The insignia for the rank was also modified to denote the higher status. In 1934, after the Night of the Long Knives, the SS changed the name of ""Sturmhauptführer"" to ""Hauptsturmführer"". This was due in large part to separate the SS rank system from the SA, which by then was considered"
"after the Night of the Long Knives, the SS renamed the rank ""Untersturmführer"", equivalent to a junior or second lieutenant (OF-1b) in the army. Other variations of ""Sturmführer"" included ""Obersturmführer"" and ""Hauptsturmführer"", ranks paralleling an army first lieutenant and captain respectively. Sturmführer Sturmführer (, ""storm leader"") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA) in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928. Translated as ""storm leader or assault leader"", the origins of the rank dated to the First World War when the title of ""Sturmführer"" was used by"
"Stabschef Stabschef (, ""Chief of Staff"") was an office and paramilitary rank in the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. The rank is equivalent to the rank of ""Generaloberst"" in the German Army and to General in the US Army. The position of ""SA-Stabschef"", not yet a rank, was established in 1929 to assist the ""Oberste SA-Führer"" (Supreme SA Leader) with the administration of the fast-growing organization. Otto Wagener held the office under ""Oberste SA-Führer"" Franz Pfeffer von Salomon from 1928-1930, and effectively headed the SA from Hitler's assumption of the title ""Oberste SA-Führer"" in August"
"Hauptsturmführer Hauptsturmführer (, ""head storm leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"" was a mid-level commander and had equivalent seniority to a captain (""Hauptmann"") in the German Army and also the equivalency of captain in foreign armies. The rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"" evolved from the older rank of ""Sturmhauptführer"", created as a rank of the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA). The SS used the rank of ""Sturmhauptführer"" from 1930 to 1934 at which time, following the Night of the Long Knives, the name of the"
"Sturmbannführer Sturmbannführer (, ""assault unit leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank equivalent to major that was used in several Nazi organizations, such as the SA, SS, and the NSFK. Translated as ""assault (or storm) unit leader"" (Sturmbann being the SA and early SS equivalent to a battalion), the rank originated from German shock troop units of the First World War. The SA title of ""Sturmbannführer"" was first established in 1921. In 1928, the title became an actual rank and was also one of the first established SS ranks. The insignia of a ""Sturmbannführer"" was four silver pips centered on"
"title of ""SA-Stabschef"". While Hitler thought that this would bind the SA more firmly to him, Röhm had other ambitions, including the conversion of the paramilitary ""Sturmabteilung"" into an army. With his expansions, promotions, and changes to the SA, a revision of the SA rank system was required although the uniforms and titles essentially stayed the same. The first major change was the addition of new ranks modeled on the original titles created in 1928 but with the addition of ""senior"" and ""head"" designators (""ober"" and ""haupt""): these were ""Oberscharführer"", ""Obertruppführer"" and ""Sturmhauptführer"". The new rank insignia were created by"
"""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"". 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 SA) and junior to the rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"". Obersturmführer Obersturmführer (, ""senior storm leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA,"
"it is also applied in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (in its Order pro merito Melitensi bestowed for merit) and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Traditionally, the analogous rank for ladies is Dama di Commenda (""Dame commander""), but today the word ""Commendatrice"" is sometimes used. United Kingdom is distinguished by its use of differentiating Commander and Knight or Dame Commander. ""Knight Commander"" or ""Dame Commander"" is the second most senior grade of seven British orders of chivalry, three of which are dormant (and one of them continues as a German house order). The rank entails admission into knighthood,"
"Sturmführer Sturmführer (, ""storm leader"") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA) in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928. Translated as ""storm leader or assault leader"", the origins of the rank dated to the First World War when the title of ""Sturmführer"" was used by leaders of German shock troops and special action companies. By 1930, ""Sturmführer"" had become the lowest commissioned officer (CO) rank of several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations, including the SA. The title was also used as an SS rank until 1934 when,"
"Company. On 30 May 1941, she was given a commission in the ATS in the rank of second subaltern, equivalent to second lieutenant. In April 1941, she was promoted to senior commandant (equivalent to major) and appointed Inspector of the ATS. In that role, she inspected every ATS command and had a seat on the ATS Council. On 21 July 1941, she was appointed Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service. She was given the acting rank of chief controller (equivalent to major general), while holding the war substantive rank of senior commander (equivalent to major). This made her the world's youngest general"
"Obersturmführer Obersturmführer (, ""senior storm leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The term is translated as ""senior assault (or storm) leader"". 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. An ""SA-Obersturmführer"" was typically a junior company commander in charge of fifty to a hundred men. Within the SS, the rank of"
"Hauptbootsmann According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank Oberfähnrich zur See (Marine) and to and Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR7 in NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy. In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as ""Herr/ Frau Hauptbootsmann"" also informally / short ""Hauptbootsmann"". The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows: ""Unteroffiziere mit"
"the ""SS-Verfügungstruppe"", replacing the older ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA) title of ""Haupttruppführer"". By 1941, the Waffen-SS had become the successor organization to the ""SS-Verfügungstruppe"" and ""Sturmscharführer"" was established as the most senior enlisted rank. A ""Sturmscharführer"" was typically assigned as the head sergeant of an entire regiment or, in some cases, an infantry division. ""Sturmscharführer"" was not the same as ""Stabsscharführer"", which was a positional title given to the head SS non-commissioned officer of a company. The rank of ""Sturmscharführer"" was also not a prerequisite for promotion to ""Untersturmführer"" and was generally considered as a rank for ""career"" enlisted SS soldiers, rather"
"Untersturmführer Untersturmführer (, ""junior storm leader"") was a paramilitary rank of the German ""Schutzstaffel"" (SS) first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of ""Sturmführer"" which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921. The rank of ""Untersturmführer"" was senior to ""Hauptscharführer"" (or ""Sturmscharführer"" in the Waffen-SS) and junior to the rank of ""Obersturmführer"". ""Untersturmführer"" was the first commissioned SS officer rank, equivalent to a second lieutenant in other military organizations. The insignia consisted of a three silver pip collar patch with the shoulder boards of an army lieutenant. Because"
"until Ernst Röhm replaced him in January 1931. The actual SA rank of ""Stabschef"" was created by Röhm for himself in 1933 after Hitler became Chancellor. Although Hitler became the supreme commander of the stormtroopers in 1930, the day-to-day running of the organization was left to the Chief of Staff. Further, the men who held the rank of ""Stabschef"" after 1930 were the actual leaders of the SA. The office of ""Stabschef"" was held by four different people between 1929 and 1945 and was, in each case of succession, inherited due to the death of a predecessor. The following SA"
"oak leaf circle. After 1934, the insignia was changed to a wreathed tri-foil oak leaf pattern similar to the SS rank insignia of ""Reichsführer-SS"". With the fall of Nazi Germany, the ""Sturmabteilung"" ceased to exist and with it the ""Stabschef"". Stabschef Stabschef (, ""Chief of Staff"") was an office and paramilitary rank in the ""Sturmabteilung"" (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. The rank is equivalent to the rank of ""Generaloberst"" in the German Army and to General in the US Army. The position of ""SA-Stabschef"", not yet a rank, was established in 1929 to assist the ""Oberste"
"Bachelor of Public Administration). The highest possible rank within this career bracket is that of ""Erster Polizeihauptkommissar"" or ""Erster Kriminalhauptkommissar"". The work of a Kommissar, in general, centers on investigation of felonies, depending on the branch of police and department he belongs to. Roughly equivalent to a British commissioner would be ""(Landes-) Polizeipräsident"" or ""Inspekteur der Polizei"", titles that differ between police forces in Germany. The National Police of Iceland employs a National Commissioner () (four-star-rank) that is the head of 15 districts across Iceland. The Commissioner is not an experienced police officer whatsoever, like most police chiefs in Iceland"
"Bundeswehr The rank is rated OF-5 in NATO, and is grade A16 or B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence. It is comparable in NATO to OF-5 and equivalent to: On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three silver pips (stars) in silver oak leaves. ""Oberst"" is a German word. Spelled with a capital O, """"Oberst"""" is a noun and defines the military rank of colonel or group captain. Spelled with a lower case o, or """"oberst"""", it is an adjective, meaning ""top, topmost, uppermost, highest, chief, head, first, principal, or supreme"". Both usages derive"
"Hauptmann It equates to the rank of captain in the British and US Armies, and is rated OF-2 in NATO. More generally, it can be used to denote the head of any hierarchically structured group of people, often as a compound word. For example, a is the captain of a fire brigade, while refers to the leader of a gang of robbers. Official Austrian and German titles incorporating the word include , , , and . In Saxony during the Weimar Republic, the titles of , and were held by senior civil servants. On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there"
"rank was changed to ""Hauptsturmführer"" although the insignia remained the same. ""Sturmhauptführer"" remained an SA rank until 1945. Some of the most infamous SS members are known to have held the rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"". Among them are Josef Mengele, the infamous doctor assigned to Auschwitz; Klaus Barbie, ""Gestapo"" Chief of Lyon; Joseph Kramer, commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; Alois Brunner, Adolf Eichmann's assistant; and Amon Göth, who was sentenced to death and hanged for committing multiple waves of mass murder (liquidations of the ghettos at Tarnów and Kraków, the camp at Szebnie, the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, as portrayed in the"
"Oberstabsbootsmann Oberstabsbootsmann (OStBtsm or OSB) is the highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR9 in NATO, equivalent to a Master Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy, and a Warrant Officer Class 1 in the British Royal Navy. In Navy context, NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as ""Herr/ Frau Oberstabsbootsmann"" also informally/ short ""Oberstaber"". The rank was introduced in the ""German Navy"" equivalent to the ""German Heer"" and ""German Luftwaffe"" grad Oberstabsfeldwebel in 1995, and belongs to the grad group Unteroffiziere mit Portepee. The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in"
"and was appointed the ATS's honorary controller-commandant in August 1941. When other ranks were assigned to mixed-sex Royal Artillery batteries of Anti-Aircraft Command starting in 1941, they were accorded the Royal Artillery versions of ranks: Gunner, Lance-Bombardier, and Bombardier, and wore the RA's 'grenade' collar badge above the left breast pocket of their uniform jacket. Auxiliary Territorial Service The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS; often pronounced as an acronym) was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a women's voluntary service, and existed until 1 February 1949,"
"Kommodore Kommodore (pronounced ""kom-o-'dor-eh"") was the highest senior officer rank () in the German ""Kriegsmarine"", comparable to commodore in anglophone naval forces. According to modern armed forces it was the equivalent of the NATO OF-5 grade. There was no counterpart in the German ""Heer"" and"" Luftwaffe"", but ""Kommodore"" would have been comparable to ""Oberführer"" in the ""Waffen-SS"". ""Kommodore ""originated as a title used by some ""Kapitän zur See"" of the ""Kaiserliche Marine"" (Imperial Navy) in World War I. A German ""Kommodore"" could hold any naval rank between lieutenant and captain and the title of ""Kommodore"" was held by those officers"
"The different groups reach from A2 to A 16 (A1 was abolished in the 1970s). A2 to A5/6 belong to the Lower Service, A 6 to A 9 to the Middle Service, A 9 to A 13 to the Upper Service and A 13 to A 16 to the Senior Service. The other orders, B, C, R and W, also belong to the Senior Service. German law refers to this as the principle of career tracks or Laufbahnprinzip, based on academic qualifications. Although a common translation for Beamter is ""Civil Servant"", there are major differences from the British Civil Service,"
"status in 1941, she was made a second subaltern (equivalent in rank to a second lieutenant) on 30 May. She saw active service on the Home Front during World War II, including a posting to the River Forth during the German air raids. From 1942 to 1943, she was senior commander (equivalent in rank to major) of a Mixed Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment. She was ultimately appointed chief commander (equivalent in rank to lieutenant colonel) of a mixed anti-aircraft brigade. She held the post until she left the ATS in 1946. In November 1945, Harvie Anderson was elected to Stirlingshire County"
"Brigadier (United Kingdom) Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. Brigadier is the superior rank to colonel, but subordinate to major-general. While the corresponding rank of brigadier general in many other nations is a general officer rank, the British Army considers it a field officer rank. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, placing it equivalent to the Royal Navy commodore and the Royal Air Force air commodore ranks and the brigadier general (1-star general) rank of the United States military and numerous other NATO nations. The rank insignia for a"
"NATO ranking code of OF-3, equivalent to a lieutenant-commander in the Royal Navy or a major in the British Army or the Royal Marines. The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) was ""squadron officer"". Squadron leader has also been used as a cavalry command appointment (UK) and rank (France) since at least the nineteenth century. In Argentina it is used as a command appointment by both the army's cavalry and by the air force's flying units. The cavalry rank of squadron leader"
"film ""Schindler's List""). The insignia of ""Hauptsturmführer"" was three silver pips and two silver stripes on a black collar patch, worn opposite a unit insignia patch. On the field grey duty uniform, the shoulder boards of an army ""Hauptmann"" were also displayed. The rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"" was senior to the rank of ""Obersturmführer"" and junior to ""Sturmbannführer"". Hauptsturmführer Hauptsturmführer (, ""head storm leader"") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ""Hauptsturmführer"" was a mid-level commander and had equivalent seniority to a captain (""Hauptmann"")"
"was the leader of the executive of a canton (""Landammann""), a town (""Stadtammann"") or a parish (""Gemeindeammann""). Today in Germany, an ""Amtmann"" is the official title for an official (""Beamter"") of pay band (""Besoldungsordnung"") A 11 in the ""upper service"" level (""gehobener Dienst"") of the German Civil Service, corresponding to an Army Captain. In the Austrian state of Burgenland, ""Amtmann"" is the title of a municipal official. The feminine form, ""Amtfrau"" (e. g. ""Regierungsamtfrau"" - ""RAmtfr"" - or ""Zollamtfrau"" - ""ZAF"" -) has become widely accepted. For a time the word ""Amtmännin"" was also used instead of ""Amtfrau"". This term"