In Austria, Oberleutnant is also a designation for certain positions in the federal police and prison guards.

Translated as "first lieutenant",[1] the rank is typically bestowed upon commissioned officers after five to six years of active-duty service.

In the NATO military comparison system, a German Oberleutnant is the equivalent of a first lieutenant in the Army/Air Forces of Allied nations.

In Nazi Germany, within the SS, SA and Waffen-SS, the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Army.

This was in reference to Soviet military doctrine and in line with other armed forces of the Warsaw pact.