Oberbootsmann

This article is about the German Marine “Oberbootsmann” OR7. For the equivalent US and UK naval ranks, see Chief Petty Officer.

Oberbootsmann
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Rank insignia	German NCO rank
Introduction	1955
Rank group	Non-commissioned officers
Navy	Oberbootsmann
Army / Air Force	Hauptfeldwebel
NATO equivalent	OR-6
Army/Navy	Sergeant First Class Chief Petty Officer
Air Force	Senior Master Sergeant

Oberbootsmann (OBtsm or in lists OB) 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 epée.

According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Oberfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR6 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 Oberbootsmann also informally / short Oberbootsmann.

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
• 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 Bootsmann	Oberbootsmann	senior Rank Hauptbootsmann
		Oberfähnrich zur See

See also

Equivalent in other NATO countries

• – Premier-maître chef/ Eerste meester
• – Chief petty officer 2nd class/ Premier maître de 2e classe
• – Stožerni narednik
• – Seniorsergent
• – Premier maître
• – Επικελευστής/ Epikelefstis
• – Petty officer/specialist (after 6 years service)
• – secondo capo scelto
• – Sergeant-majoor
• – no equivalent
• – Młodszy chorąży marynarki
• – Sargento-ajudante
• – Sargento primero
• – Chief Petty Officer/ Colour Sergeant
• – Chief Petty Officer/ Gunnery Sergeant