Table of Equivalent Ranks
| German Army | Waffen-SS | British Army | US Army |
| Feldmarschall | Reichsführer-SS | Field Marshal | General of the Army |
| Generaloberst | SS-Oberstgruppenführer | General | General |
| General der Panzertruppen etc | SS-Obergruppenführer | Lieutenant General | Lieutenant General |
| Generalleutnant | SS-Gruppenführer | Major General | Major General |
| Generalmajor | SS-Brigadeführer | Brigadier | Brigadier General |
| Oberst | SS-Oberführer or SS-Standartenführer | Colonel | Colonel |
| Oberstleutnant | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Major | SS-Sturmbannführer | Major | Major |
| Hauptmann | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Captain | Captain |
| Oberleutnant | SS-Obersturmführer | Lieutenant | 1st Lieutenant |
| Leutnant | SS-Untersturmführer | 2nd Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Stabsfeldwebel | SS-Sturmscharführer | Regimental Sergeant Major | Sergeant Major |
| Hauptfeldwebel | SS-Hauptscharführer | Sergeant Major | Master Sergeant |
| N/A | SS-Oberscharführer | N/A | Technical Sergeant |
| Feldwebel | SS-Scharführer | Staff Sergeant | Staff Sergeant |
| Unteroffizer | SS-Unterscharführer | Sergeant | Sergeant |
| Stabsgefreiter | N/A | N/A | Staff Corporal |
| Obergefreiter | SS-Rottenführer | Corporal | Senior Corporal |
| Gefreiter | SS-Sturmmann | Lance Corporal | Corporal |
| Oberschütze | SS-Oberschütze | N/A | Private 1st Class |
| Schütze | SS-Schütze | Private | Private |