The military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.
The Peacetime Army ( German: Friedensheeres) continued to use the uniforms of the Imperial German Army, however, the ranks were influenced by Soviet insignia. The ranks were used from January 1919 to May 1919. [1]
Rank group | Generals | Officers | |||||||
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Heer [2] [3] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant |
Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [2] [3] [4] |
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Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel |
Fähnrich Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Soldat |
The Provisional Reichswehr ( German: Vorläufigen Reichswehr) introduced slightly more elaborate insignia than the Peacetime Army. [5]
Rank group | Generals | Officers | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [6] [3] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant |
Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [6] [3] [4] |
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Offiziersstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel |
Fähnrich/ Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann |
Rank group | Generals | Officers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [7] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | |
Reichsmarine | |||||||||
Admiral | Vizeadmiral | Konteradmiral | Kapitän zur See | Fregattenkapitän | Korvettenkapitän | Kapitänleutnant |
Oberleutnant zur See |
Leutnant zur See |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [4] [7] |
No insignia | |||||||||
Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Unteroffizier |
Stabsgefreiter (introduced 1927) [8] |
Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Oberschütze | Schütze | ||
Reichsmarine [9] |
No insignia | |||||||||
Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Obermaat | Maat | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Obermatrose | Matrose |
Regiment or Battalion type [10] | Colour [a] |
---|---|
General officers Artillery Ordnance troops |
Scarlet
(Hochrot) |
Staff Corps of the Reichswehr Veterinary service |
Carmine
(Karmesin) |
Infantry | White |
Motor transport | Rose-pink
(Rosa) |
Signals | Light brown |
Cavalry | Golden yellow |
Jäger (light infantry) | Dark green |
Transport (horse-drawn) | Light blue |
Medical service | Dark blue |
Engineers | Black |
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link)The military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.
The Peacetime Army ( German: Friedensheeres) continued to use the uniforms of the Imperial German Army, however, the ranks were influenced by Soviet insignia. The ranks were used from January 1919 to May 1919. [1]
Rank group | Generals | Officers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [2] [3] |
|||||||||
General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant |
Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [2] [3] [4] |
||||||
Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel |
Fähnrich Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Soldat |
The Provisional Reichswehr ( German: Vorläufigen Reichswehr) introduced slightly more elaborate insignia than the Peacetime Army. [5]
Rank group | Generals | Officers | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [6] [3] |
||||||||||
General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant |
Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [6] [3] [4] |
||||||||
Offiziersstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel |
Fähnrich/ Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann |
Rank group | Generals | Officers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [7] |
|||||||||
General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | |
Reichsmarine | |||||||||
Admiral | Vizeadmiral | Konteradmiral | Kapitän zur See | Fregattenkapitän | Korvettenkapitän | Kapitänleutnant |
Oberleutnant zur See |
Leutnant zur See |
Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heer [4] [7] |
No insignia | |||||||||
Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Unteroffizier |
Stabsgefreiter (introduced 1927) [8] |
Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Oberschütze | Schütze | ||
Reichsmarine [9] |
No insignia | |||||||||
Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Obermaat | Maat | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Obermatrose | Matrose |
Regiment or Battalion type [10] | Colour [a] |
---|---|
General officers Artillery Ordnance troops |
Scarlet
(Hochrot) |
Staff Corps of the Reichswehr Veterinary service |
Carmine
(Karmesin) |
Infantry | White |
Motor transport | Rose-pink
(Rosa) |
Signals | Light brown |
Cavalry | Golden yellow |
Jäger (light infantry) | Dark green |
Transport (horse-drawn) | Light blue |
Medical service | Dark blue |
Engineers | Black |
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