Oberbootsmann

{{About|the German Marine "Oberbootsmann" OR7|the equivalent US and UK naval ranks|Chief Petty Officer}}

{{Infobox military rank

| name = Oberbootsmann

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| caption =shoulder board{{cite book |editor=Hartmut Bagger |title=Anzugordnung für die Soldaten der Bundeswehr |chapter=4 Kennzeichnungen |date=16 July 2008|language=de|url=http://www.dmb-lv-westfalen.de/z1.pdf |orig-date=July 1996 |access-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919055352/http://www.dmb-lv-westfalen.de/z1.pdf|archive-date=19 September 2014}} / cuff titleRank insignia on shoulder straps für Marineuniformträger der 60-er Verwendungsreihen. Rechts: Ärmelabzeichen der Jacke des Dienstanzugs eines Marineuniformträgers der 70-er Verwendungsreihen. Soldaten in anderer Verwendung weisen andere Verwendungabzeichen auf. / mounting loop

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| country = {{flag|Germany}}

| service branch = {{navy|Germany}}

| abbreviation = OBtsm or OB

| rank = German NCO rank

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| NATO rank = OR-6

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| formation = 1955

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| rank group = Non-commissioned officers

| higher rank = Hauptbootsmann
Oberfähnrich zur See

| lower rank = Bootsmann

| equivalents = Oberfeldwebel

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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