German rank and unit designations
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| Ranks | Units commanded (as a rough indication) | |||||||
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| German | Translation | NATO | WWII British | WWII US | German | Translation | British | US |
| Mannschaften | Enlisted ranks | OR-1 - 3 | ||||||
| Schütze, Kanonier, Funker usw. | Private (infantry, artillery, signals, etc.) | OR-1 | Private | Private | ||||
| Oberschütze (Oberkanonier, Oberfunker usw.) | Attention: Oberjäger = not enlisted but NCO in Jäger batallion | OR-2 | Senior Private | Private First Class | ||||
| Gefreiter | Lance Corporal | OR-3 | Lance Corporal | Acting Corporal | Gruppe | Group | Squad | |
| Obergefreiter | "Upper Lance Corporal" | Lance Corporal | Corporal | |||||
| Stabsgefreiter | "Staff Lance Corporal" | Lance Corporal | Administrative Corporal | |||||
| Unteroffizier-Anwärter | NCO Candidate | |||||||
| Unteroffiziere | NCO | OR-4 - 9 | Unteroffizier can also mean NCO in general | |||||
| Unteroffizier | Corporal | OR-4 | Corporal | Sergeant | ||||
| Unterfeldwebel | Sergeant | OR-5 | Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | ||||
| Fähnrich | professional officer candidate ranking above Unterfeldwebel | Officer Designate, literally: Ensign | ||||||
| Feldwebel (Wachtmeister) | Sergeant (different dsignation in cavalry and artillery) | OR-6 | Staff Sergeant | Technical Sergeant | Zug | Platoon | Platoon | Platoon |
| Oberfeldwebel | Master Sergeant | OR-7 | Sergeant Major | Master Sergeant | ||||
| Oberfähnrich | professional officer candidate ranking above Oberfeldwebel | Officer Designate | Officer Cadet | Officer Candidate | ||||
| Hauptfeldwebel (not a rank but a position mostly held by an Oberfeldwebel) | Sergeant Major (Master Sergeant) | First Sergeant | CSM | Kompanie-Trupp | Coy Cmd Troop | |||
| Stabsfeldwebel | Staff Sergeant | OR-8 | Regimental Sergeant Major | Sergeant Major | ||||
| Offiziere | Officers | OF-1 - 10 | ||||||
| Leutnant | Second Lieutenant | OF-1 | Second Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Zug | Platoon | Platoon | Platoon |
| Oberleutnant | First Lieutenant | OF-1 | Lieutenant | First Lieutenant | Kompanie | Company | Company | Company |
| Hauptmann (Rittmeister) | Captain (different designation in cavalry) | OF-2 | Captain | Captain | ||||
| Major | Major | OF-3 | Major | Major | Bataillon | Battalion | Battalion | Battalion |
| Oberstleutnant | Lieutenant Colonel | OF-4 | Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | ||||
| Oberst | Colonel | OF-5 | Colonel | Colonel | Regiment | Regiment | Regiment | Regiment |
| Generalmajor | Major General | OF-6 | Brigadier | Brigadier General | ||||
| Generalleutnant | Lieutenant General | OF-7 | Major-General | Major General | Division | Division | Division | Division |
| General d. Inf. (der Infanterie) usw. | General of the Infantry etc. | OF-8 | Lieutenant-General | Lieutenant General | Armee-Korps | Corps | Corps | Corps |
| Generaloberst | Colonel General | OF-9 | General | General | Armee | Army | Army | Army |
| Generalfeldmarschall | General Field Marshal | OF-10 | Field Marshal | General of the Army | Heeresgruppe | Army Group (not to be confounded with an Armee-Gruppe as a group of armies below Heeresgruppe) | Army Group | Army Group |
Sources
- Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)#Rank tables
- Comparison of United Kingdom and United States military ranks
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