SS Ranks and Equivalents

 

SS Ranks
Western Equivalents

Reichsführer
Commanding General

Oberstgruppenführer
General

Obergruppenführer
Lieutenant General

Gruppenführer
Major General

Brigadeführer
Brigadier General

Oberführer
No Equivalent

Standartenführer
Colonel

Obersturmbannführer
Lieutenant Colonel

Sturmbannführer
Major

Hauptsturmführer
Captain

Obersturmführer
First Lieutenant

Untersturmführer
Second Lieutenant

Strumscharführer
Master Sergeant

Hauptscharführer
Technical Sergeant

Oberscharführer
Staff Sergeant

Scharführer
Sergeant

Unterscharführer
Corporal

Rottenführer
Private First Class

Sturmann
Private

SS­Mann
No Equivalent

 

Source: The Avalon Project