Hauptbootsmann

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 / OR-8

Army/Navy

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

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)
– capo di terza classe
– Sergeant-majoor
– no equivalent
– Młodszy chorąży marynarki
– Sargento-ajudante
– Sargento primero
– Chief Petty Officer/ Colour Sergeant
– Chief Petty Officer/ Gunnery Sergeant

References

^ "Hauptbootsmann - German-English | Applied Technology Dictionary". en.pons.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
^ "NATO Code of Ranks" (PDF). Hungarian University of Public Service, Ludovika. 1996-03-13. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

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[1] "Hauptbootsmann - German-English | Applied Technology Dictionary". en.pons.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.

[2] "NATO Code of Ranks" (PDF). Hungarian University of Public Service, Ludovika. 1996-03-13. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

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