Themilitary ranks of theWeimar Republic were the military ranks used by theReichswehr.
The Peacetime Army (German:Friedensheer) continued to use the uniforms of theImperial German Army, however, the ranks were influenced bySoviet insignia. The ranks were used from January 1919 to May 1919.[1]
| Rank group | Generals | Officers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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] | -Army-Feldwebel.svg) | -Army-Vizefeldwebel.svg) | -Army-F%25C3%25A4hnrich.svg) | -Army-Unteroffizier.svg) | .png) | _1919.png) |
| Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich Sergeant | Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Soldat | |
The ProvisionalReichswehr (German:Vorläufige Reichswehr) introduced slightly more elaborate insignia than the Peacetime Army.[5]
| Rank group | Generals | Officers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heer [6][3] | -Army-General_der_Waffengattung.svg) | -Army-Generalleutnant.svg) | -Army-Generalmajor.svg) | -Army-Oberst.svg) | -Army-Oberstleutnant.svg) | -Army-Major.svg) | -Army-Hauptmann.svg) | -Army-Oberleutnant.svg) | -Army-Leutnant.svg) | |
| General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant | ||
| Rank group | NCOs | Other ranks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heer [6][3][4] | -Army-Offizierstellvertreter.svg) | -Army-Feldwebel.svg) | -Army-Vizefeldwebel.svg) | -Army-F%25C3%25A4hnrich.svg) | -Army-Unteroffizier.svg) | -Army-Gefreiter.svg) | -Army-Wehrmann.svg) | |
| Offiziersstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich/ Sergeant | Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann | |
| 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 theReichswehr 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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