Hauptbootsmann

 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

The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
 * 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:


 * See also:

Equivalent in other NATO countries

 * Flag of Belgium.svg – Premier-maître chef/ Eerste meester
 * Flag of Canada.svg – Petty Officer 1st Class
 * Flag of Croatia.svg – Narednik
 * Flag of Denmark.svg – Oversergent
 * Flag of France.svg – Premier maître
 * Flag of Greece.svg – Επικελευστής/ Epikelefstis
 * Flag of Iceland.svg – Petty officer/specialist (after 6 years service)
 * Flag of Italy.svg – secondo capo scelto
 * Flag of Netherlands.svg – Sergeant-majoor
 * Flag of Norway.svg – no equivalent
 * Flag of Poland.svg – Młodszy chorąży marynarki
 * Flag of Portugal.svg – Sargento-ajudante
 * Flag of Spain.svg – Sargento primero
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg – Chief Petty Officer/ Colour Sergeant
 * Flag of the United States.svg – Chief Petty Officer/ Gunnery Sergeant