Oberstabswachtmeister
# Oberstabswachtmeister

Oberstabswachtmeister in Austria :

| Rank insignia | Austrian Bundesheer |
| - | - |
| Introduction | 1965 |
| Rank group | Stabsunteroffiziere |
| Army / Air Force | Oberstabswachtmeister |
| Navy | no equivalent |
| Lower: Higher: | Stabswachtmeister |
| Lower: Higher: | Offiziersstellvertreter |
| NATO equivalent | OR-8 |

Oberstabswachtmeister (short: OStWm) is in the Austrian Bundesheer a NCO-rank. It belongs to the higher Staff-NCO rank group, and is normally dedicated to command a platoon or to serve in a military staff appointment (assignment group M BUO 1 / professional NCO; respectively M ZUO 1 / reserve).

During United Nations missions and in NATO Partnership for Peace the rank Stabswachtmeister will be designated in English with Sergeant First Class (SFC) / Staff Sergeant (SSG) and is equivalent to NATO-Rang code OR-8.

The equivalent to Oberstabswachtmeister might be the Stabsfeldwebel of the Bundeswehr as well.

Rank insignia on the collar patch are a wide and a small white stripe with two sex serrated stars, symbolising the Austrian edelweiss.

