Stabskapitänleutnant, short: StKptLt / in lists: SKL, () is the highest ''Fachdienstoffizier''

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(en: specialist officer, comparable to US

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) in the

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. The rank is rated

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, and equivalent to ''

Stabshauptmann Stabshauptmann (short: StHptm) meaning "Staff Captain", is a German Senior Captain rank and the highest military rank in the Bundeswehr for specialist officers (german: Offiziere des Militärfachlichen Dienstes (OffzMilFD)). Bundeswehr Inste ...

'' in Heer, and

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. It is grade A13 in the pay rules of the

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and is senior to the regular OF-2 rank of

Kapitänleutnant ''Kapitänleutnant'', short: KptLt/in lists: KL, ( en, captain lieutenant) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group () of the German Bundeswehr. The rank is rated OF-2 in NATO, and equivalent to Hauptmann in the Heer and ...

(en: Lt).

Address

The official manner, in line to ZDv 10/8, of formal addressing of military people with the rank ''Stabskapitänleutnant'' (OF-2a) is “Herr/Frau Stabskapitänleutnant“. However, as to German traditions and in line to seamen's language the “Stabskapitänleutnant“ will be addressed „Herr/Frau Kaleu“.

Rank insignia

Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above two stripes with two half stripes between them (without the star when rank loops are worn).

Particularity

Military people of the “line officer career” (german: Truppendienstoffizier/ Truppendienstlaufbahn) skip over this rank, by regular promotion from ''Kapitänleutnant'' (OF-2) to

Korvettenkapitän () is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies. Austro-Hungary Belgium Germany Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer rank () in the German Navy. Address The offici ...

(OF-3); however, the pay grade A13 (Stabskapitänleutnant and Korvettenkapitän) is identical. The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows: *OF-2a:The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: ''"Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер"'' Stabskapitänleutnant /

*OF-2:

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Oberleutnant zur See ''Oberleutnant zur See'' (''OLt zS'' or ''OLZS'' in the German Navy, ''Oblt.z.S.'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'') is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy. It is grouped as OF-1 in NATO. The rank was introduced in the Imper ...

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*OF-1:

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Address

Rank insignia

Particularity

See also

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