Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇩🇪 Germany · Army	NATO equivalent	United Kingdom · Army 🇬🇧
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Field marshal
General	OF-9 General	General
General­leutnant	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant-general
General­major	OF-7 Major General	Major-general
Brigade­general	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier
Oberst	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Oberst­leutnant	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant colonel
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain
Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker	OF-D Student Officer	Officer cadet
Enlisted ranks
Ober­stabs­feldwebel	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Warrant officer class 1
Stabs­feldwebel	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Warrant officer class 2
Haupt­feldwebel	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Staff
Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergeant
Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter	OR-4 Corporal	Corporal
Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Lance corporal
Gefreiter	OR-2 Private	Private
Soldat	OR-1 Private	No equivalent

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.