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| Rank insignia | German NCO rank | ||||||
| Introduction | 1955 | ||||||
| Rank group | Non-commissioned officers | ||||||
| Navy | Hauptbootsmann | ||||||
| Army / Air Force | Hauptfeldwebel | ||||||
| NATO equivalent |
OR-7 / OR-8 | ||||||
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| Air Force | Senior Master Sergeant | ||||||
Hauptbootsmann (HptBtsm or in lists HB) designates in the German Navy of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces.[1] It belongs to the particular rank group Senior NCOs with port épée.
According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank Oberfähnrich zur See (Marine) and to and Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR7 and OR-8[2] in NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Hauptbootsmann also informally / short Hauptbootsmann.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
- OR-9: Oberstabsbootsmann / Oberstabsfeldwebel
- OR-8: Stabsbootsmann / Stabsfeldwebel / Hauptbootsmann / Hauptfeldwebel
- OR-7: Hauptbootsmann and Oberfähnrich zur See / and Hauptfeldwebel and Oberfähnrich
- OR-6a: Oberbootsmann / Oberfeldwebel
- OR-6b: Bootsmann and Fähnrich zur See/ Feldwebel and Fähnrich
- Remark
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
| junior Rank Oberbootsmann |
 Hauptbootsmann |
senior Rank Stabsbootsmann |
| Oberfähnrich zur See |
- See also
