SS Ranks Western Equivalents SS-Oberstgruppenführer - Colonel-General SS-Obergruppenführer - General SS-Gruppenführer - Lieutenant-General SS-Brigadeführer - Major-General SS-Oberführer - Senior Colonel SS-Standartenführer - Colonel SS-Obersturmbannführer - Lieutenant-Colonel SS-Sturmbannführer - Major SS-Hauptsturmführer - Captain SS-Obersturmführer - First Lieutenant SS-Untersturmführer - Second Lieutenant SS-Sturmscharführer - Senior Warrant Officer SS-Hauptscharführer - Warrant Officer SS-Oberscharführer - Staff Sergeant SS-Scharführer - Sergeant SS-Rottenführer - Corporal SS-Sturmmann - Lance-Corporal SS-Schlitz - Private