Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇩🇪 Germany · Army	NATO equivalent	France · Army 🇫🇷
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Maréchal de France
General	OF-9 General	Général d'armée
General­leutnant	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Général de corps d'armée
General­major	OF-7 Major General	Général de division
Brigade­general	OF-6 Brigadier General	Général de brigade
Oberst	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Oberst­leutnant	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Commandant
Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Capitaine
Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker	OF-D Student Officer	Aspirant
Enlisted ranks
Ober­stabs­feldwebel	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Major Adjudant-chef
Stabs­feldwebel	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Adjudant
Haupt­feldwebel	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sergent-chef BM2
Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergent-chef
Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier	OR-5 Sergeant	Sergent
Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter	OR-4 Corporal	Caporal-chef de 1re classe Caporal-chef
Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Caporal
Gefreiter	OR-2 Private	Soldat de 1re classe
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.