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BROCKHAUS, Die Enzyklopädie in 24 Bänden (1796–2001), Band 16: 3-7653-3676-9, S. 102 (OStBtsm or OSB) is the highest
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*OR-9: / Oberstabsfeldwebel *OR-8:
– Maître principal-Chef (Oppermeester-Chef) and Maître-principal (Oppermeester)
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– Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, and Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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– Časnički namjesnik
* 
– Chefsergent
* 
– Major and Maître principal
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– Ανθυπασπιστής/ Anthypaspistis
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– Petty officer/ specialist
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– capo di prima classe
* – Adjudant-onderofficer
* – No Equivalent
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– Starszy chorąży sztabowy marynarki, Starszy chorąży marynarki
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– Sargento-mor
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– Suboficial mayor, Subteniente
* – Warrant Officer Class 1
* – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Command master chief petty officer, and Master chief petty officer
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Non-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is an enlisted rank, enlisted leader, petty officer, or in some cases warrant officer, who does not hold a Commission (document), commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority b ...
(NCO) rank in the German Navy
The German Navy (, ) is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Marine'' (German Navy) became the official ...
. It is grouped as OR9 in NATO
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, equivalent to a Master Chief Petty Officer
A master chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards, usually above some grade of petty officer.
United States
Master chief petty officer (MCPO) is the ninth (just below the rank of MCPON) enliste ...
in the United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
, and a Warrant Officer Class 1 in the British Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
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In Navy context, NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as ''Herr/ Frau Oberstabsbootsmann'' also informally/ short ''Oberstaber''.
The rank was introduced in the ''German Navy'' equivalent to the ''German Heer'' and ''German Luftwaffe'' grad Oberstabsfeldwebel in 1995, and belongs to the grad group Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
, also Portepeeunteroffizier(e) (), is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officers in the armed forces of Germany. The title derives from the French ''porte-épée'' ("sword bearer"), as senior enlisted men would historically ca ...
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The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:''
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
, also Portepeeunteroffizier(e) (), is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officers in the armed forces of Germany. The title derives from the French ''porte-épée'' ("sword bearer"), as senior enlisted men would historically ca ...
''*OR-9: / Oberstabsfeldwebel *OR-8:
Stabsbootsmann
'' Stabsbootsmann '' (StBtsm or SB) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR8 in Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted, NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior ...
/ Stabsfeldwebel
''Stabsfeldwebel '' (StFw or SF; ) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force. It is grouped as OR-8 in NATO, equivalent to a First Sergeant in the United States Army, and to Warrant Office ...
*OR-7: Hauptbootsmann / Hauptfeldwebel
In the German Wehrmacht, Hauptfeldwebel (, short: HptFw; address: ''Herr Hauptfeldwebel'') was not a rank but a position title, assignment or appointment, equivalent to the Commonwealth company sergeant major or U.S. company-level first serg ...
*OR-6a: Oberbootsmann / Oberfeldwebel
(; OFw or OF) is the fourth highest non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force.
History
The rank was introduced first by the German Reichswehr in 1920. Preferable most experienced Protégée-NCO of the old ...
*OR-6b: Bootsmann / Feldwebel
'' '' (Fw or F, ) is a non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in several countries. The rank originated in Germany, and is also used in Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, and Estonia. The rank has also been used in Russia, Austria-Hungary, occupied Serbia ...
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The abbreviation "OR" stands for ''"Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"''!
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Equivalent in other NATO countries
* – Maître principal-Chef (Oppermeester-Chef) and Maître-principal (Oppermeester)
* – Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, and Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
* – Časnički namjesnik
* – Chefsergent
* – Major and Maître principal
* – Ανθυπασπιστής/ Anthypaspistis
* – Petty officer/ specialist
* – capo di prima classe
* – Adjudant-onderofficer
* – No Equivalent
* – Starszy chorąży sztabowy marynarki, Starszy chorąży marynarki
* – Sargento-mor
* – Suboficial mayor, Subteniente
* – Warrant Officer Class 1
* – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Command master chief petty officer, and Master chief petty officer
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History
Germany
The rank has never been used before by theReichsmarine
The () was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany. It was the naval branch of the , existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it became known as the ''Kriegsmarine'' (War Navy), a branch of the '' ...
, the Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official military branch, branche ...
as well as in the GDR Volksmarine
The (VM, ; ) was the Navy, naval force of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The was one of the service branches of the National People's Army and primarily performed a Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence ...
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Austria-Hungary
Oberstabsbootsmann was the highest senior NCO-rank in the k.u.k.Austro-Hungarian Navy
The Austro-Hungarian Navy or Imperial and Royal War Navy (, in short ''k.u.k. Kriegsmarine'', ) was the navy, naval force of Austria-Hungary. Ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were designated ''SMS'', for ''Seiner Majestät Schiff'' (His Majes ...
(1786 until 1918). It was equivalent to the ranks Stabsfeldwebel
''Stabsfeldwebel '' (StFw or SF; ) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Army and German Air Force. It is grouped as OR-8 in NATO, equivalent to a First Sergeant in the United States Army, and to Warrant Office ...
(Törzsörmester) / Stabswachtmeister / Stabsfeuerwerker / Stabsoberjäger of the k.u.k. Common Army
The Common Army (, ) as it was officially designated by the Imperial and Royal Military Administration, was the largest part of the Austro-Hungarian land forces from 1867 to 1914, the other two elements being the Imperial-Royal Landwehr (of Au ...
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The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group was as follows:
*Oberstgabsbootsmann
*Stabsbootsmann
'' Stabsbootsmann '' (StBtsm or SB) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR8 in Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted, NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior ...
* Unterbootsmann
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