Of the 25,000 marines, around 19,000 serve in the Navy itself, the others in the other parts of the Bundeswehr, mainly in the military base, the Central Medical Service and the Ministry. About 6,000 soldiers serve on sea-going units. In the Navy, in addition to professional and temporary soldiers, there are also volunteers who perform...
The designations of the ranks of the German Federal Armed Forces are determined by the Federal President with the arrangement of the Federal President over the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers at basis of the national service act.
Ranks arrange the soldiers in the ranking of the German Federal Armed Forces. The arrangement...
Crews
University forming: Crews did not carry shoulder straps (excluded naval artillery, this like army and in high-red advanced) and no collar mirrors.
The badges of rank were carried at the left upper sleeve. Beyond that crews carried the respective career badge as golden Aufnäher over the rank insignia. It gave for all crews and...
Crews (Mannschaften)
University forming: Crews carried grey shoulder straps with the number of the squadron or an appropriate federation with Paspelierung in the weapon color.
The badges of rank carried at the left upper sleeve, additionally was recognizable it from the collar mirrors. At the crews there were the following ranks:
- Flieger, Kanonier, Funker (Flier,...
The ranks of the armed forces were divided after the restructuring as in most modern armed forces into 3 careers. The partitioning was transferred thereby also to the entire armed services (army, Air Force, navy).
As a result of this restructuring the afterwards following careers arose:
- Mannschaften (Crews)
- Unteroffiziere (sergeants)
- Offiziere (officers)
Crews (Mannschaften)
People liable for...
Up to the establishment of the first German empire there were South German states, the Grand Duchies and the individual Kingdoms of no uniform armed force and concomitantly no uniform rank designation and structuring among the sovereigns. With most smaller principalities one oriented oneself however as far as possible at that Prussian sample. Only with the...
The list of the ranks and remarks specified down refers to that approx. Conditions of 1914.
As is the case for the ranks of the imperial army the ranks of the navy differed likewise at the different shoulder pieces and Tressen at the sleeves. In addition further differences came like the shoulder flaps of the cover...
