Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

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