Hauptbootsmann

This article is about the

German Marine “Hauptbootsmann” OR7. For the equivalent US

and UK

naval ranks, see Chief Petty Officer.

Hauptbootsmann


shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop

Rank insignia

German NCO rank

Introduction

1955

Rank group

Non-commissioned officers

Navy

Hauptbootsmann

Army / Air Force

Hauptfeldwebel

NATO
equivalent

OR-7

Army/Navy

Sergeant First Class

Chief Petty Officer

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. 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 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
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

Main articles: Ranks of the German Bundeswehr and Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr

Main article: Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted

Equivalent in other NATO countries

– Premier-maître chef/ Eerste meester
– Petty Officer 1st Class
– Narednik
– Oversergent
– Premier maître
– Επικελευστής/ Epikelefstis
– Petty officer/specialist (after 6 years service)
– secondo capo scelto
– Sergeant-majoor
– no equivalent
– Młodszy chorąży marynarki
– Sargento-ajudante
– Sargento primero
– Chief Petty Officer/ Colour Sergeant
– Chief Petty Officer/ Gunnery Sergeant

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