The ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps, abbr. NSKK) were a paramilitary rank system in Germany used between the years of 1931 and 1945. They were based closely on the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA), of which the NSKK was originally a part.
Collar insignia[1] | Shoulder insignia | NSKK rank[2][3] | Translation | Heer equivalent[3] |
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Korpsführer | Corps leader | Generalfeldmarschall | ||
Obergruppenführer | Senior group leader | General | ||
Gruppenführer | Group leader | Generalleutnant | ||
Brigadeführer | Brigade leader | Generalmajor | ||
Oberführer | Senior leader | Oberst | ||
Standartenführer | Regiment leader | Oberst | ||
Oberstaffelführer | Senior squadron leader | Oberstleutnant | ||
Staffelführer | Squadron leader | Major | ||
Hauptsturmführer | Chief assault leader | Hauptmann | ||
Obersturmführer | Senior assault leader | Oberleutnant | ||
Sturmführer | Assault leader | Leutnant | ||
Haupttruppführer | Head troop leader | No equivalent | ||
Obertruppführer | Senior troop leader | Stabsfeldwebel | ||
Truppführer | Troop leader | Hauptfeldwebel | ||
Oberscharführer | Senior squad leader | Oberfeldwebel | ||
Scharführer | Squad leader | Unteroffizier | ||
Rottenführer | Section leader | Obergefreiter | ||
Sturmmann | Storm trooper | Gefreiter | ||
None | Mann | Trooper | Soldat |
For all ranks of Oberstaffelführer and below, the NSKK displayed a unit collar patch, worn on the right collar, opposite the badge of rank. This unit badge displayed a member's Sturm (Company) number, followed by the number of the motorised regiment to which they belonged within the National Socialist Motor Corps.