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.

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

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

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

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  •   – 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

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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.