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)

The Peacetime Army (German: Friedensheer) continued to use the uniforms of the Imperial German Army, however, the ranks were influenced by Soviet insignia. The ranks were used from January 1919 to May 1919.^[1]

Commissioned officers

Rank group	Generals			Officers
Heer [2][3]
	General der Waffengattung	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor	Oberst	Oberstleutnant	Major	Hauptmann	Oberleutnant	Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

Rank group	NCOs				Other ranks
Heer [2][3][4]
	Feldwebel	Vizefeldwebel	Fähnrich Sergeant	Unteroffizier	Gefreiter	Soldat

Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)

The Provisional Reichswehr (German: Vorläufige Reichswehr) introduced slightly more elaborate insignia than the Peacetime Army.^[5]

Commissioned officers

Rank group	Generals			Officers
Heer [6][3]
	General der Waffengattung	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor	Oberst	Oberstleutnant	Major	Hauptmann	Oberleutnant	Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant

Enlisted personnel

Rank group	NCOs				Other ranks
Heer [6][3][4]
	Offiziersstellvertreter	Feldwebel	Vizefeldwebel	Fähnrich/ Sergeant	Unteroffizier	Obergefreiter	Gefreiter	Wehrmann

Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)

Commissioned officers

Rank group	Generals			Officers
Heer [7]
	General der Waffengattung	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor	Oberst	Oberstleutnant	Major	Hauptmann	Oberleutnant	Leutnant
Reichsmarine
	Admiral	Vizeadmiral	Konteradmiral	Kapitän zur See	Fregatten­kapitän	Korvetten­kapitän	Kapitän­leutnant	Oberleutnant zur See	Leutnant zur See

Enlisted personnel

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

Waffenfarben

Regiment or Battalion type[10]	Colour[a]
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
Engineers	Black

Notes

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