Assitenzarzt (short: AArzt or AA) was a military rank in the Austrian-Hungary Common Army until 1918 and in German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht until 1945. It describes a qualified or licensed

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comparable to

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(de: Leutnant) or

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(de: Leutant zur See) NATO-Rangcode OF1bThe abbreviation "OF" stands for de: ''"Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер"'' in anglophone armed forces.

Germany

Wehrmacht

In the

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from 1933 until 1945 there were the OF1b-ranks ''Assitenzarzt'' (physician), ''Assitenzapotheker'' (pharmacologist), and ''Assitenzveterinär'' (veterinary), comparable to the ''Leutnant/Second lieutenant'' OF1b-rank. During wartime, the regular assignment of ''Assitenzarzt'' was the management of a ''battalion dressing station'' (de. Truppenverbandsplatz), supported by help surgeons (de: Hilfsärzte). However, a battalion dressing station could be managed by an ''Oberarzt'' (OF1a) as well. In line to the so-called Reichsbesoldungsordnung (en: Reich's salary order), appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire (de: Besoldungsgesetz des Deutschen Reiches) of 1927 (changes 1937 – 1940), the comparative ranks were as follows: C 8/C 9 *Oberleutnant, Leutnant (Heer and Luftwaffe) **Leutnant *Oberleutnant zur See (Kriegsmarine) **Leutnant zur See *Oberarzt (medical service of the Wehrmacht) **Assistenzarzt *Marineoberassistenzarzt, introduced June 26, 1935 (medical service of the Kriegsmarine) **Marineassistenzarzt *Oberveterinär (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht) **Veterinär The piping on shoulder straps shows the Waffenfarbe (en: corps- or troop-function colour), corresponding to the appropriate military service, branch, or special force. The corps colour of the Military Health System in German armed forces was traditional , and of the veterinarian service . This tradition was continued by the medical service corps in Heer and Luftwaffe of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht. However, the ''corps colour'' of the Waffen-SS HSS was .

Address

The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank ''Assitenzarzt'' was, "Herr Assitenzarzt"; with the rank "Marineassistenzarzt" - "Herr Marineassisgtenzarzt".

Austria-Hungary

In the Austria-Hungarian Common Army (de: Gemeinsame Armee or k.u.k. Armee) there were the OF1b-ranks ''Assitenzarzt'' and ''Assitenztierarz'' until 1918. That particular ranks were comparable to the ''Leutnant/2nd lieutenant'' OF1b-rank as well.Schriften des Heeresgeschichtlifhen Museums in Wien ''Das k.u.k. Heer im Jahre 1895'' Edition ''Leopold Stocker'' Graz 1997 .

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