Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇮🇹 Italy · Army	NATO equivalent	Germany · Army 🇩🇪
Officers
Generale Generale di Corpo d'Armata con Incarichi Speciali	OF-9 General	General
Generale di Corpo d'Armata	OF-8 Lieutenant General	General­leutnant
Generale di Divisione	OF-7 Major General	General­major
Generale di Brigata	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigade­general
Colonnello	OF-5 Colonel	Oberst
Tenente Colonnello	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Oberst­leutnant
Maggiore	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Primo capitano Capitano	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann
Tenente Sottotenente	OF-1 Lieutenant	Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker
Enlisted ranks
Primo luogotenente q.s. Luogotenente Primo maresciallo	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Ober­stabs­feldwebel
Maresciallo capo	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Stabs­feldwebel
Sergente maggiore capo q.s. Sergente Maggiore Capo	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Haupt­feldwebel
Sergente Maggiore	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel
Sergente	OR-5 Sergeant	Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Caporale maggiore capo scelto q.s. Caporale maggiore capo scelto Caporale maggiore capo Caporale maggiore scelto Primo caporale maggiore	OR-4 Corporal	Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter
Caporal Maggiore	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter
Caporale	OR-2 Private	Gefreiter
Soldato	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.