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 (de|Gesamt-SS) was that of Reichsführer-SS and German: [[List of SS Personnel#Oberster Führer der Schutzstaffel|Oberster]] German: [[Adolf Hitler|Führer]] German: [[List of SS Personnel#Oberster Führer der Schutzstaffel|der SS]]; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions.
| Insignia | Title | German Army equivalent< | -- Do not place NATO equivalents--> | Approximate equivalents/translations during World War II | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collar | Shoulder | Sleeve (parka) | U.S. | UK | |||
| General ranks | |||||||
| German: [[SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer|SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS]] | German: [[Generaloberst]] | General | |||||
| German: [[SS-Obergruppenführer|SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS]] | German: [[General of the branch|General der Waffengattung]] | Lieutenant-general | |||||
| German: [[SS-Gruppenführer|SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS]] | German: [[Generalleutnant]] | Major general | |||||
| German: [[SS-Brigadeführer|SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS]] | German: [[Generalmajor]] | Brigadier | |||||
| Officer ranks | |||||||
| German: [[SS-Oberführer]] | No army equivalent; equivalent to Kommodore in the Kriegsmarine | Colonel | |||||
| SS-Standartenführer | German: [[Oberst]] | Colonel | |||||
| German: [[SS-Obersturmbannführer]] | German: [[Oberstleutnant]] | Lieutenant colonel | |||||
| German: [[SS-Sturmbannführer]] | German: [[Major (Germany)|Major]] | Major | |||||
| German: [[SS-Hauptsturmführer]] | German: [[Hauptmann]]/German: [[Rittmeister]] | Captain | |||||
| German: [[SS-Obersturmführer]] | German: [[Oberleutnant]] | Lieutenant | |||||
| German: [[SS-Untersturmführer]] | German: [[Leutnant]] | ||||||
| Non-commissioned officer ranks | |||||||
| German: [[Sturmscharführer|SS-Sturmscharführer]] | German: [[Stabsfeldwebel]] | Regimental sergeant major | |||||
| Various | German: [[SS-Stabsscharführer]] | German: [[Hauptfeldwebel]] | (Company) Sergeant major | ||||
| German: [[Hauptscharführer|SS-Hauptscharführer]] | German: [[Oberfeldwebel]] | Master sergeant | Sergeant major | ||||
| German: [[SS-Junker|SS-Standartenoberjunker]] OA | German: [[Fahnenjunker]]-Oberfeldwebel OA | ||||||
| German: [[SS-Oberscharführer]] | German: [[Feldwebel]] | Staff sergeant | |||||
| SS-Standartenjunker OA | German: [[Fahnenjunker]]-Feldwebel OA | ||||||
| German: [[SS-Scharführer]] | German: [[Unterfeldwebel]] | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | ||||
| German: [[SS-Junker|SS-Oberjunker]] OA | German: [[Fahnenjunker]]-Unterfeldwebel OA | ||||||
| German: [[Unterscharführer|SS-Unterscharführer]] | German: [[Unteroffizier]] | Sergeant | Corporal | ||||
| German: [[SS-Junker]] OA | German: [[Fahnenjunker]]-Unteroffizier OA | ||||||
| Enlisted ranks | |||||||
| No equivalent | German: [[Stabsgefreiter]] | Administrative corporal | Lance corporal | ||||
| German: [[Rottenführer|SS-Rottenführer]] | German: [[Obergefreiter]] | Corporal | Lance corporal | ||||
| German: [[Sturmmann|SS-Sturmmann]] | German: [[Gefreiter]] | Acting corporal | Senior Private | ||||
| German: [[Oberschütze|SS-Oberschütze]] | German: Oberschütze | Private first class | Senior private | ||||
| No insignia | German: [[Schütze|SS-Schütze]] | German: Soldat, [[Schütze]], [[Grenadier]] | Private | ||||
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