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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 | ||||||
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
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 |
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