4-420: OFW may stand for: Oberfeldwebel Open Firmware Organisationsforum Wirtschaftskongress Overseas Filipino Worker Overseas foreign worker Oxy-fuel welding Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title OFW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-682: Is the fourth highest non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force . The rank was introduced first by the German Reichswehr in 1920. Preferable most experienced Protégée-NCO of the old army have been promoted. Within the Reichswehr, Oberfeldwebel was taken over as second-highest Protégée-NCO rank by the German Wehrmacht in 1935. In the military branch cavalry , artillery and anti-aircraft artillery it
12-447: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OFW&oldid=1073051113 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oberfeldwebel Oberfeldwebel ( German: [ˈoːbɐˌfɛltveːbl̩] ; OFw or OF )
16-970: Was called Oberwachtmeister. The equivalent rank to the Oberfeldwebel in the Waffen-SS was the SS-Hauptscharführer from 1938 until 1945. The rank has been used in the GDR National People's Army from 1956 until 1990 as well. It is grouped as OR6 in NATO , equivalent in the US Army to Staff Sergeant , or in British Army / RAF to Sergeant . In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfeldwebel also informally / short Oberfeld . The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group ( Senior NCOs with portepee )
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