Rank group Stabsunteroffiziere Field uniform Jacket gorget Corps colour Communications Artillery, Air defence Guard Reconnaissance Flat cap Rank Vizeleutnant (Vzlt) Offiziersstellvertreter (OStv) Oberstabswachtmeister (OStWm) Stabswachtmeister (StWm) NATO equivalent Vice lieutenant Officer deputy Sergeant 1st Class Staff Sergeqnt rank OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-5