# 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.

### Commissioned officers

| Rank group | Generals | Generals | Generals | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers |
| Heer | | | | | | | | | |
| Heer | General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant |

### Enlisted personnel

| Rank group | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | Other ranks | Other ranks |
| Heer | | | | | | |
| Heer | 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.

### Commissioned officers

| Rank group | Generals | Generals | Generals | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers | Officers |
| Heer | | | | | | | | | |
| Heer | General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant |

### Enlisted personnel

| Rank group | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | Other ranks | Other ranks | Other ranks | Other ranks |
| Heer | | | | | | | | |
| Heer | Offiziersstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich/ Sergeant | Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann |

## Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)
### Commissioned officers

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

### Enlisted personnel

| Rank group | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | NCOs | Other ranks | Other ranks | Other ranks | Other ranks | Other ranks |
| Heer | | | | | | | | | No insignia |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Unteroffizier | Stabsgefreiter (introduced 1927) | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Oberschütze | Schütze |
| Reichsmarine | | | | | | | | | No insignia |
| Reichsmarine | Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Obermaat | Maat | | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Obermatrose | Matrose |

### Waffenfarben

| Regiment or Battalion type | Colour |
| 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 |