Military ranks of the Weimar Republic

The Military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.

Military ranks of the Peacetime Army (1919)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[1]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[1][2]
Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich
Sergeant
Unteroffizier Gefreiter Soldat

Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[3]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant/
Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[3][2]
Offizierstellvertreter Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich/
Sergeant
Unteroffizier Obergefreiter Gefreiter Wehrmann

Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[4]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Reichsmarine
Admiral Vizeadmiral Konteradmiral Kapitän zur See Fregatten-
kapitän
Korvetten-
kapitän
Kapitän-
leutnant
Oberleutnant
zur See
Leutnant
zur See

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[2][4]
No insignia
Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Unterfeldwebel Unteroffizier Stabsgefreiter (1927)
[5]
Obergefreiter Gefreiter Oberschütze Schütze
Reichsmarine
[6]
No equivalent No insignia
Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Obermaat Maat Obergefreiter Gefreiter Obermatrose Matrose

Waffenfarben

Regiment or Battalion type[7] Colour[lower-alpha 1]
General Officers
Artillery
Ordnance troops
Scarlet
(Hochrot)
Staff Corps of the Reichswehr
Veterinary service
Carmine
(Karmesin)
Infantry White
Motor transport Rose-pink
(Rosa)
Signals Light brown
Cavalry Golden yellow
Jäger (light infantry) Dark green
Transport (horse-drawn) Light blue
Medical service Dark blue
Pioniere (Engineers) Black

Notes

  1. In addition to the colours, monograms and symbols were used to denominate services or units.

References

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Schlicht, Adolf; Kraus, Jürgen (2006). Rest, Stefan (ed.). The German Reichswehr: Uniforms and Equipment of the German Army from 1919 to 1932. Verlag Militaria. ISBN 978-3902526014.
  • Saßmann, Anton. Die Deutsche Reichswehr in ihrer neuesten Bekleidung, Bewaffnung und Ausrüstung (in German). Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl.
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