German Army Ranks

Military Enlistment / German Army

A far cry from its fighting days of World War 2, the German Army nonetheless remains a power in Europe today.

German Army Ranks Ordered Lowest-to-Highest

Grade

Eqvl

Title

OR-1

Recruit

Soldat

OR-2

Private

Gefreiter

OR-3

Private 1st Class

Obergefreiter

OR-3

Private 1st Class

Hauptgefreiter

OR-4

Corporal

Stabsgefreiter

OR-4

Corporal

Oberstabsgefreiter

OR-5

Sergeant (Non-Com)

Unteroffizier

OR-5

Sergeant (Non-Com)

Stabsunteroffizier

OR-5

Sergeant (Officer)

Fahnenjunker

OR-6b

Staff Sergeant

Feldwebel

OR-6a

Staff Sergeant

Oberfeldwebel

OR-6

Staff Sergeant (Officer)

Fahnrich

OR-7

Sgt 1st Class / Mstr Sgt

Hauptfeldwebel

OR-7

Sgt 1st Class / Mstr Sgt (Officer)

Oberfahnrich

OR-8

Sgt 1st Class / Mstr Sergeant

Hauptfeldwebel

OR-8

Master Sergeant

Stabsfeldwebel

OR-9

Senior Master Sergeant

Oberstabsfeldwebel

OF-1b

2nd Lieutenant

Leutnant

OF-1a

1st Lieutenant

Oberleutnant

OF-2b

Captain

Hauptmann

OF-2a

Staff Captain

Stabshauptmann

OF-3

Major

OF-4

Lieutenant Colonel

Oberstleutnant

OF-5

Colonel

Oberst

OF-6

Brigadier General

Brigadegeneral

OF-7

Major General

Generalmajor

OF-8

Lieutenant General

Generalleutnant

OF-9

General

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