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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 align="center"|Stabsfeldwebel
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HD H 34 Stabsfeldwebel Fm.svg
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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1938 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Navy
Stabsbootsmann |-----
Army / Air Force
Stabsfeldwebel |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-8 |-----
Army/Navy
- Master Sergeant
- Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant |-----
'''Stabsfeldwebel '' (StFw' or SF) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in German Heer and Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR8 in NATO, equivalent to a First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Master Sergeant in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy. In terms of years-in-duty, the Stabsfeldwebel has more experience than most other nation's OR8's, since it takes a minimum of 16 years from the promotion to Feldwebel (min. 3 years in service) to reach the rank of Stabsfeldwebel.
In army/ air force context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Stabsfeldwebel also informally / short Staber.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group ('' Senior NCOs with portepee'') is as follows:
- OR-9: Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann
- OR-8: Stabsfeldwebel / Stabsbootsmann
- OR-7: Hauptfeldwebel / Hauptbootsmann
- OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann
- OR-6b: Feldwebel / Bootsmann
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
junior Rank
Hauptfeldwebel
(German NCO rank)
Stabsfeldwebel
senior Rank
Oberstabsfeldwebel
Oberfähnrich