When I served, this thing was limited to "Neckermann-Hauptgefreite", who were inevitably scorned by real Hauptgefreite like me.
Apparently right now they have instant Feldwebel, and apparently there's a single "instant major" (female) in the Luftwaffe.
But those Neckermanns are usually limited to technical specialities, not combat troops.
The Neckermann Major, for example, is a flight safety officer for the Flugbereitschaft, and formerly worked in the same position for Lufthansa, IMHO.
But since these people have the same rank from the day of enlistment it would be funny:
"Verdammt, Herr Major, wie sieht ihr Spind aus? Ist da ne Bombe eingeschlagen? Wenn das in fünf Minuten noch so aussieht platz mir der Kragen!"
:rotfl:
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