Military ranks of the Weimar Republic

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

Military ranks of the Peacetime Army (1919)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[1]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[1][2]
Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich
Sergeant
Unteroffizier Gefreiter Soldat

Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[3]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[2][3]
Offizierstellvertreter Feldwebel Vizefeldwebel Fähnrich
Sergeant
Unteroffizier Obergefreiter Gefreiter Wehrmann

Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)

Commissioned officers

Generals Officers
Heer
[4]
General der Waffengattung Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Reichsmarine No equivalent
Vizeadmiral Konteradmiral Kapitän zur See Fregatten-
kapitän
Korvetten-
kapitän
Kapitän-
leutnant
Oberleutnant
zur See
Leutnant
zur See

Enlisted personnel

NCOs Other ranks
Heer
[2][4]
No insignia
Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Unterfeldwebel Unteroffizier Stabsgefreiter (1927)
[5]
Obergefreiter Gefreiter Oberschütze Schütze

References

Citations

Bibliography

  • Antique Photos1 (2011). "Uniforms and ranks of the Peacetime Army (19.01.1919-05.05.1919)". Antique Photos. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Antique Photos2 (2011). "Ranks and insignia of the Provisional Reichswehr (05.05.1919-06.12.1920)". Antique Photos. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • F. A. Brockhaus (1926). "Uniformen des Reichsheers und der Reichsmarine" (in German). F. A. Brockhaus. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kidd, R Spencer (2013). Military Uniforms In Europe 1900 - 2000 Volume One (Volume 1). ISBN 978-1291187441. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

  • Schlicht, Adolf; Kraus, Jürgen (2006). Rest, Stefan (ed.). The German Reichswehr: Uniforms and Equipment of the German Army from 1919 to 1932. Verlag Militaria. ISBN 978-3902526014.
  • Saßmann, Anton. Die Deutsche Reichswehr in ihrer neuesten Bekleidung, Bewaffnung und Ausrüstung (in German). Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl.
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