Stabsfeldwebel

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{{Short description|German military rank}}
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{{Infobox military rank
| name = {{lang|de|Stabsfeldwebel}}
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| caption = {{lang|de|Heer}} and {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} shoulder insignia
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| country = {{flag|Germany}}
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| abbreviation = StFw
| rank group = [[Unteroffiziere mit Portepee]]
| rank =
| NATO rank = OR-8
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| pay grade = A 9
| formation = 1938
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| higher rank = {{lang|de|[[Oberstabsfeldwebel]]}}
| lower rank = {{lang|de|[[Hauptfeldwebel (rank)|Hauptfeldwebel]]}}
| equivalents = {{lang|de|[[Stabsbootsmann]]}}
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'''''Stabsfeldwebel ''''' ('''StFw''' or '''SF'''; {{literally|Staff field usher}}) is the second highest [[Non-commissioned officer]] (NCO) rank in [[German Army]] and [[German Air Force]]. It is grouped as OR-8 in [[Ranks and insignia of NATO armies enlisted|NATO]], equivalent to a [[First Sergeant]] in the [[United States Army]], and to [[Warrant Officer Class 2]] in the [[British Army]]. Promotion to the rank requires at least twelve years total active duty, of which at least eleven years have elapsed since promotion to ''[[unteroffizier]]'', with at least ten years since promotion to ''[[stabsunteroffizier]]'', and nine years since promotion to ''[[feldwebel]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/slv_2002/__18.html |title=SLV - Einzelnorm |website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406205927/http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/slv_2002/__18.html |archive-date=2016-04-06}} </ref>
In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as ''Herr Stabsfeldwebel'' also informally / short ''Staber''.

==History==

===Austria-Hungary===
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The ranks ''Stabsfeldwebel'', ''Stabsoberjäger'', ''Stabsfeuerwerker'' and ''Stabswachtmeister'' were introduced to the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] in 1913.

===Germany===
The rank was introduced in 1938 by the [[German Army (1935–1945)|German Army]] as the highest NCO rank, and was equivalent to the ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'''s ''Stabsoberfeldwebel'' grades (''Stabsoberbootsmann'', ''Stabsobersteuermann'' and ''Stabsobersteuwermann'').

The rank was only named ''Stabsfeldwebel'' within the infantry, as other services had other traditions and names. In the cavalry and artillery the rank was called ''[[Stabswachtmeister]]'', and in the [[Waffen-SS]] it was called SS-''[[Sturmscharführer]]''.

The rank was also used in the GDR [[Land Forces of the National People's Army]] and was equivalent to ''[[Stabsobermeister]]'' in the ''[[Volksmarine]]''.

==Rank sequence==
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group (''[[Unteroffiziere mit Portepee|Senior NCOs with portepee]]'') is as follows:
*OR-9: {{lang|de|[[Oberstabsfeldwebel]]}} / {{lang|de|[[Oberstabsbootsmann]]}}
*OR-8: {{lang|de|Stabsfeldwebel}} / {{lang|de|[[Stabsbootsmann]]}}
*OR-7: {{lang|de|[[Hauptfeldwebel (rank)|Hauptfeldwebel]]}} / {{lang|de|[[Hauptbootsmann]]}}
*OR-6: {{lang|de|[[Oberfeldwebel]]}} / {{lang|de|[[Oberbootsmann]]}}
*OR-6: {{lang|de|[[Feldwebel]]}} / {{lang|de|[[Bootsmann]]}}

== References ==
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== Sources ==
*BROCKHAUS, Die Enzyklopädie in 24 Bänden (1796–2001), Band 5: 3-7653-3665-3, p. 487, Definition: '''''Stabsfeldwebel'''''
*BROCKHAUS, Die Enzyklopädie in 24 Bänden (1796–2001), Band 7: 3-7653-3676-9, p. 185, '''''Stabsfeldwebel'''''

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