Hauptbootsmann

Hauptbootsmann
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Rank insigniaGerman NCO rank
Introduction1955
Rank groupNon-commissioned officers
NavyHauptbootsmann
Army / Air ForceHauptfeldwebel
NATO
equivalent		OR-7 / OR-8
Army/Navy
Air ForceSenior 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 and OR-8[1] 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

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)
  • – 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
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References
  1. "NATO Code of Ranks" (PDF). Hungarian University of Public Service, Ludovika. 1996-03-13. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
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