This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. The highest ranks of the combined SS () was that of Reichsführer-SS and ; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions. __NOTOC__ Table Insignia Title German Army equivalent Approximate equivalents/translations during World War II Collar Shoulder Sleeve(parka/camo) U.S. UK General ranks General General Lieutenant general Lieutenant-general Major general Major general Brigadier general Brigadier Officer ranks No army equivalent; equivalent to Kommodore in the Kriegsmarine Senior colonel Colonel SS-Standartenführer Colonel Colonel Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Major / Captain Captain First lieutenant Lieutenant Second lieutenant Non-commissioned officer ranks Sergeant major Regimental sergeant major Various (Company) Sergeant major Master sergeant Sergeant major () () Technical sergeant Staff sergeant SS-Standartenjunker OA() () Staff sergeant Sergeant () () Sergeant Corporal () Enlisted ranks No equivalent Administrative corporal Lance corporal Corporal Lance corporal Acting corporal Senior private Private first class Senior private No insignia Private Private
Remarks (SS-applicant) and (SS-aspirant) were both removed as Waffen-SS ranks before 1941.
See also Comparative military ranks of World War II Corps colours (Waffen-SS) Glossary of Nazi Germany List of SS personnel Ranks and Insignia of the German Army in World War II SS-Degen Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel
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