Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇨🇦 Canada · Army	NATO equivalent	Germany · Army 🇩🇪
Officers
General / Général	OF-9 General	General
Lieutenant-general / Lieutenant-général	OF-8 Lieutenant General	General­leutnant
Major-general / Major-général	OF-7 Major General	General­major
Brigadier-general / Brigadier-général	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigade­general
Colonel / Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Oberst
Lieutenant-colonel / Lieutenant-colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Oberst­leutnant
Major / Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Captain / Capitaine	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann
Lieutenant / Lieutenant Second lieutenant / Sous-lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant
Officer cadet / Élève-officier	OF-D Student Officer	Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker
Enlisted ranks
Chief warrant officer / Adjudant-chef	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Ober­stabs­feldwebel
Master warrant officer / Adjudant-maître	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Stabs­feldwebel
Warrant officer / Adjudant	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Haupt­feldwebel
Sergeant / Sergent	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel
No equivalent	OR-5 Sergeant	Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Master corporal / Caporal-chef	OR-4 Corporal	Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter
Corporal / Caporal	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter
Private / Soldat	OR-2 Private	Gefreiter
Private / Soldat	OR-1 Private	Soldat

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.