Oberst in the Wehrmacht

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Oberst was in the German Reich and Nazi Germany the highest field officer rank, comparable to the OF-5 rank in many NATO-Armed forces. It was equivalent to Kapitän zur See in the Kriegsmarine, and SS-Standartenführer in the Waffen-SS until 1945.

Branch German Army Luftwaffe Waffen-SS Kriegsmarine
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Rank
designation
Oberst
Standartenführer
der Waffen-SS
Kapitän zur See
junior rank:
Oberstleutnant
 

(German officer rank)
Oberst
(Kapitän zur See)

senior rank:
Generalmajor