VVS Army Ranks with Luftwaffe and USAAF Equivalents

VVS

Luftwaffe

USAAF

Enlisted:    
  • Krasnoarmeyets
  • Yefreytor
  • Obergefreiter Corporal
  • Hauptgefreiter
  • Flieger
  • Gefreiter
  • Obergefreiter
  • Hauptgefreiter
  • Private
  • Private First Class
  • Corporal
     
NCOs:    
  • Mladshiy Serzhant Mladshiy Serzhant
  • Starshiy Serzhant
  • Starshina
  • Unteroffizier
  • Unterfeldwebel
  • Feldwebel
  • Oberfeldwebel
  • Staff Sergeant
  • Sergeant
  • Technical Sergeant
  • Master Sergeant
     
Warrant Officers:    
 
  • Oberfahnrich
  • Stabsfeldwebel
  • Officer Candidate
  • Sergeant Major
     
Commissioned Officers:    
  • Mladshiy Leytenant
  • Leytenant
  • Starshiy Leytenant
  • Kapitan
  • Mayor
  • Podpolkovnik
  • Polkovnik
  • Leutnant
  • Oberleutant
  • Hauptmann
  • Major
  • Oberstleutnant
  • Oberst
  • Flight Officer
  • Second Lieutenant
  • Lieutenant
  • Captain
  • Major
  • Lieutenant Colonel
  • Colonel
     
General Officers:    
  • General-Mayor
  • General-Leytenant
  • General-Polkovnik
  • General Armii
  • Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza
  • Generalmajor
  • Generalleutnant
  • General
  • Generaloberst
  • Generalfeldmarschall
  • Reichsmarschall
  • Brigadier General
  • Major General
  • Lieutenant General
  • General (4 star)
  • General of the Army
     
Rank of Political Instructor Equivalent Regular Army Rank  
  • Mladshiy Politruk
  • Politruk
  • Starshiy Politruk
  • Batal’yonniy Kommissar
  • Starshiy Batal’yonny Komissar
  • Polkovoy Komissar
  • Divizionny Komissar
  • Korpusnoy Komissar
  • Armeyskiy Komissar Vtorogo Ranga
  • Armeyskiy Komissar Pervogo Ranga
  • Leytenant
  • Starshiy Leytenant
  • Kapitan
  • Mayor
  • Podpolkovnik
  • Polkovnik
  • General-Mayor
  • General-Leytenant
  • General-Polkovnik
  • General-Armii