Konteradmiral

Konteradmiral
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Rank insignia	German officer rank
Introduction
Rank group	Commissioned officers
Navy	Konteradmiral
Army / Air Force	Generalleutnant
NATO equivalent	OF-7
Army	Major general
Navy	Rear admiral

Konteradmiral, abbreviated KAdm or KADM, is the second lowest naval flag officer rank rank in the German Navy. It is equivalent to Generalmajor in the Heer and Luftwaffe or to Admiralstabsarzt and Generalstabsarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.

In the German Navy Konteradmiral is equivalent to rear admiral, a two-star rank with a NATO code of OF-7. However, in the former German-speaking naval forces of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), the Nazi Kriegsmarine, the East German Volksmarine and the Austro-Hungarian K.u.K. Kriegsmarine, Konteradmiral was an OF-6 one-star officer rank.

Address

The official manner of formal addressing of military people with the rank Konteradmiral is "Herr/Frau Konteradmiral". In German naval tradition any flag officer rank may be addressed "Herr/Frau Admiral".

Rank insignia and rating

The rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, is a single five-pointed star above a single normal stripe and a wide stripe. The star is omitted on rank loops. Konteradmiral is a B7 grade in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

German Navy officer rank
Junior rank Flottillenadmiral	Konteradmiral	Senior rank Vizeadmiral

The sequence of ranks in decreasing seniority is:

• OF-9: Admiral / General
• OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
• OF-7: Konteradmiral / Generalmajor
• OF-6: Flottillenadmiral / Brigadegeneral

History

National People´s Army

Konteradmiral was the lowest flag officer grade of the Volksamarine, equivalent to the one-star rank Generalmajor.

In the GDR Volksmarine there were 3 flag officer ranks: Konteradmiral, Vizeadmiral, and Admiral. The GDR State Council decided from 25 March 25 1982 to introduce the rank of Flottenadmiral .

Konteradmirals of the GDR Volksmarine

Insignia of a Konteradmiral of the Volksmarine
Arabesques	Lampasse	Shoulder strap	Cuff title	Command flag

Junior rank Kapitän zur See

(NPA rank) Konteradmiral

Senior rank Vizeadmiral

Imperial German Navy and Kriegsmarine

Nazi Kriegsmarine

Command flag

Shoulder strap

Sleeve lace

Konteradmiral

In the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine, Konteradmiral was an OF-6 one-star officer rank equivalent to a Heer or Luftwaffe Generalmajor, and to an SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS.

The rank insignia consisted of shoulder strap and sleeve stripes. Shoulder straps had to be worn on uniform jackets and consisted of twisted gold-braids (no pips or stars) on padding in navy blue weapon color.

Cuff insignia consisted of one golden big stripe, oen normal stripe, and a five-point naval star above. The sleeve rings encircled the lower cuffs.

Junior rank Kommodore

(Kriegsmarine ranks) Konteradmiral

Senior rank Vizeadmiral

K.u.K. Kriegsmarine

In the Austro-Hungarian K.u.K. Kriegsmarine (1849 to 1918) there were the flag-officer ranks Kontreadmiral (also spelled Konterdmiral in the 20th century), Viceadmiral , and Admiral, as well as Großadmiral.

K.u.K. Kriegsmarinerank

Command flag

Cuff title

K.u.K. Konteradmiral

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