Oskar Dinort (23 June 1901 – 27 May 1965) was a German general and ground attack aircraft pilot during World War II.

He volunteered for military service in 1919 and joined the Freikorps der Gardekavallerie-Schützendivision, becoming a Fähnrich in Infanterie-Regiment Nr.

Dinort was transferred to the still secret Luftwaffe in 1934 where he was posted to the "Reklamestaffel Mitteldeutschland" (Advertisement Staffel).

His next posting was as a Hauptmann (captain) in the Stab of I./Jagdgeschwader 132 (JG 132—132nd Fighter Wing) until he was called into the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Ministry of Aviation) by Ernst Udet on 31 March 1935.

The rods themselves received the nickname Dinort-stäbe, or Dinort's rods — similar in concept to the daisy cutter device of American invention) after the originator of the idea, Oskar Dinort, which caused the bombs to detonate some 30 cm above the ground, maximising their blast.