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Originally Posted by twblackeagle
For example, our crew just completed mission 19 upon our return to Bergen Norway in a XXI. My rank was changed at that time to: Oberleutant Zur See, which if I'm not mistaken would see me (in theory) in command at uboat flotilla level.
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GWX will promote you to Oberleutnant after your very first patrol.
As Frau Kaleun said, Oberleutnant z.S. was very junior for a u-boat commander, not senior. "Herr Kaleun" heard often in
Das Boot, was the most common rank for that position, Kapitänleutnant z.S. A senior commander might be a Korvettenkapitän, and above that would almost certainly be assigned a command position (or transferred to command of a major surface warship).
Also in
Das Boot you might pick up on the fact that both the LI (Chief Engineer) and 1WO (Exectutive Officer) were commonly addressed as "Herr Oberleutnant".