| Junior surgent | |
| Native Name: | Unterarzt (UArzt/ UA) |
| Service Branch: | Heer (Wehrmacht) |
| Rank: | Officer Aspirant |
| Nato Rank: | OR-7 |
| Higher Rank: | Assistenzarzt (OF-1) |
| Lower Rank: | no |
| Equivalents: | See list |
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[1] in anglophone armed forces.
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[2] (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 .[3] 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 .
| junior Rank no | German medical officer rank Unterarzt (from 1940 Feldunterarzt) | senior Rank Assistenzarzt |
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank Unterarzt was, „Herr Unterarzt“.
| Ranks Wehrmacht until 1945[4] | Ranks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical service | en translation | Equivalent Heer | en equivalent | |
| Generaloberstabsarzt | Senior Staff-Surgeon General | General der Waffengattung | three star rank | OF-8 |
| Staff-Surgeon General | two star rank | OF-7 | ||
| Surgeon General | one star rank | OF-6 | ||
| Colonel (Dr.) | Colonel | OF-5 | ||
| Lieutenant colonel (Dr.) | Lieutenant colonel | OF-4 | ||
| Major (Dr.) | OF-3 | |||
| Captain (Dr.) | Captain (army) | OF-2 | ||
| First lieutenant (Dr.) | First lieutenant | OF-1a | ||
| Second lieutenant (Dr.) | Second lieutenant | OF-1b | ||
| Unterarzt | Sergeant 1st Class (Dr.) | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel (Oberfähnrich) | Officer Aspirant | OR-7 |
| Feldunterarzt (from 1940) | ||||