Oberschütze
Sign in to savethumb|1941, Lithuania: An Oberschütze talks to two elderly Jewish men. (; ) was a German military rank first used in the Bavarian Army of the late 19th century.
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- Military rank.name
- Oberschütze
- Military rank.caption
- Army and SS insignia
- Military rank.service branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Military rank.formation
- 1920
- Military rank.abolished
- 1945
- Military rank.higher rank
- Gefreiter (Army)Sturmmann (SS)
- Military rank.lower rank
- Soldat (Army)Schütze (SS)
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thumb|1941, Lithuania: An Oberschütze talks to two elderly Jewish men. (; ) was a German military rank first used in the Bavarian Army of the late 19th century.
== Usage == The rank and its equivalents (Oberkanonier, Oberpionier etc.) were generally introduced into the German Reichswehr around 1920 and continued to be used in its successor, the Wehrmacht, until 1945, with the exception of the period from October 1934 to October 1936, during which no promotions to this rank took place. In Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy), there was no equivalent for this particular rank grade. The use of Oberschütze and its equivalents reached its height during the Second World War when the Wehrmacht maintained the rank in both the German Army (Heer) and the ground forces branch of the air force (Luftwaffe).