Flottillenadmiral
This article is about the 
German Marine Flottillenadmkiral OF-6. For the equivalent US 
naval rank, see Commodore (rank). For the use of this rank in other countries, see Flotilla admiral.
German Marine Flottillenadmkiral OF-6. For the equivalent US naval rank, see Commodore (rank). For the use of this rank in other countries, see Flotilla admiral. | |||||||
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| Rank insignia | German flag officer rank | ||||||
| Introduction | |||||||
| Rank group | Commissioned officers | ||||||
| Navy | Flottillenadmiral | ||||||
| Army / Air Force | Brigadegeneral | ||||||
| NATO equivalent | OF-6 | ||||||
| Army | Brigadier general | ||||||
| Navy | Commodore | ||||||
Flottillenadmiral, short FltlAdm in lists FADM, (en: Flotilla admiral) is the lowest flag officer rank in the German Navy, corresponding to command of a US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) or Commodore (Royal Navy). It is equivalent to Brigadegeneral in the Bundeswehr or to Admiralarzt/Generalarzt, Admiralapotheker/Generalapotheker in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.
Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and a nerrow one (without the star when rank loops are worn). It is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.
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
 German Navy officer rank | ||
| junior rank Kapitän zur See |
Flottillenadmiral (Amiralarzt) |
senior rank Konteradmiral |
See also
Main articles: Ranks of the German Bundeswehr and Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr
References
- ↑ The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер"