Unterarzt (military)

Unterarzt (short: UArzt or UA) was a military rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht until 1945.
It describes a qualified or licensed surgeon or dentist of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant ("O.A." or "OA" – de: "Offizieranwärter") rank. According to the rank hierarchy it was comparable to Sergeant First Class (de: Oberfeldwebel) or Chief Petty Officer (de: Oberbootsmann) NATO-Rangcode OR7
in anglophone armed forces.
Wehrmacht.
Heer.
In the German Wehrmacht from 1933 until 1945 there were the OR7-ranks "Unterarzt" (physician), "Unterapotheker" (pharmacologist), and "Unterveterinär" (veterinarian). It was also comparable to the Oberfähnrich/Oberfähnrich zur See OR7-rank.
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 15
The "corps colour" of the military Health Service Support (HSS) in German armed forces was traditional "dark blue", 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" and "Kriegsmarine" HSS was .
Address.
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank "Unterarzt" was, „Herr Unterarzt“.