Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps

The ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps, abbr. NSKK) were a paramilitary rank system in Germany used between the years of 1931 and 1945. They were based closely on the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA), of which the NSKK was originally a part.

Rank Insignia


rank		 NSKK Rank[1] Translation Army & Air Force equivalent
OF-9KorpsführerCorps leaderGeneraloberstColonel-General
OF-8ObergruppenführerSenior group leaderGeneral (der Waffengattung)General...
OF-7GruppenführerGroup leaderGeneralleutnantLieutenant general
OF-6BrigadeführerBrigade leaderGeneralmajorMajor general
OF5aOberführerSenior leaderno equivalent
OF5bStandartenführerStandard leaderOberstColonel
OF-4OberstaffelführerSenior squadron leaderOberstleutnantLieutenant colonel
OF-3StaffelführerSquadron leaderMajor
OF-2HauptsturmführerHead storm leaderHauptmannCaptain
OF-1aObersturmführerSenior storm leaderOberleutnantFirst lieutenant
OF-1bSturmführerStorm leaderLeutnantSecond lieutenant
OR-8HaupttruppführerHead troop leaderStabsfeldwebelSergeant major
OR-7ObertruppführerSenior troop leaderOberfeldwebelMaster sergeant
OR-6TruppführerTroop leaderFeldwebelStaff sergeant
OR-5OberscharführerSenior squad leaderUnterfeldwebelSergeant
OR-4ScharführerSquad leaderUnteroffizierCorporal
OR-3RottenführerSection leaderObergefreiterLance-Corporal
OR-2SturmmannStorm man/Storm trooperGefreiterPrivate first class
OR-1NSKK-MannNSKK-Man/NSMC-TrooperSoldatPrivate

Unit Insignia

For all ranks Oberstaffelführer and below, the NSKK displayed a unit collar patch, worn on the right collar, opposite the badge of rank. This unit badge displayed a member's Sturm (Company) number, followed by the number of the motorized regiment to which they belonged within the National Socialist Motor Corps.

See also

References

  1. ↑ NSKK-Ranks in line to: ”Hermann Weiß (publisher) “Biographical lexicon to the Third Reich”. Fischer pocket-book publishing house, Frankfurt on Main 2002 (appendix)”.
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