Military ranks of the Weimar Republic

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The Military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.

Military ranks of the Peacetime Army (1919)

Commissioned officers

Rank group Generals Officers
Weimar Republic Heer
[1]		 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

Rank group NCOs Other ranks
Weimar Republic Heer
[1][2]		 50px 50px 50px 50px
Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich
Sergeant		 Unteroffizier Gefreiter Soldat

Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)

Commissioned officers

Rank group Generals Officers
Weimar Republic Heer
[3]		 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant/
Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

Rank group NCOs Other ranks
Weimar Republic Heer
[3][2]		 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px
Offizierstellvertreter Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich/
Sergeant		 Unteroffizier Obergefreiter Gefreiter Wehrmann

Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)

Commissioned officers

Rank group Generals Officers
Weimar Republic Heer
[4]		 General (Wehrmacht).svg 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Weimar Republic Reichsmarine 104x104px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px
Admiral Vizeadmiral Konteradmiral Kapitän zur See Fregatten­kapitän Korvetten­kapitän Kapitän­leutnant Oberleutnant
zur See		 Leutnant
zur See

Enlisted personnel

Rank group NCOs Other ranks
Weimar Republic Heer
[2][4]		 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px Rank insignia of Gefreiter of the Wehrmacht.svg No insignia
Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Unterfeldwebel Unteroffizier Stabsgefreiter
(introduced 1927)[5]		 Obergefreiter Gefreiter Oberschütze Schütze
Weimar Republic Reichsmarine
[6]		 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px 50px No insignia
Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Obermaat Maat Obergefreiter Gefreiter Obermatrose Matrose

Waffenfarben

Regiment or Battalion type[7] Colour[lower-alpha 1]
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
Pioniere (Engineers) Black

Notes

  1. ↑ In addition to the colours, monograms and symbols were used to denominate services or units.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Antique Photos1 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kidd 2013, p. 55.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Antique Photos2 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 F. A. Brockhaus 1926.
  5. ↑ Penzkofer, Andreas (2019). Die Ärmeldienstgradabzeichen der Mannschaften des Deutschen Heeres von 1921 bis 1945. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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  7. ↑ Knötel & Knötel 1956, p. 48-50.

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