Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps
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The Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps, or NSKK) were a paramilitary rank system used between the years of 1931 and 1945. The ranks were based closely on the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA), of which the NSKK had originally been a part.
[edit] Rank Insignia
| NSKK Rank | Translation | Army Equivalent |
| Korpsführer | Corps Leader | Colonel-General |
| Obergruppenführer | Senior Group Leader | General |
| Gruppenführer | Group Leader | Lieutenant General |
| Brigadeführer | Brigade Leader | Major General |
| Oberführer | Senior Leader | (none) |
| Standartenführer | Regiment Leader | Colonel |
| Oberstaffelführer | Senior Squadron Leader | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Staffelführer | Squadron Leader | Major |
| Hauptsturmführer | Head Storm Leader | Captain |
| Obersturmführer | Senior Storm Leader | First Lieutenant |
| Sturmführer | Storm Leader | Second Lieutenant |
| Haupttruppführer | Head Troop Leader | Sergeant Major |
| Obertruppführer | Senior Troop Leader | Master Sergeant |
| Truppführer | Troop Leader | Staff Sergeant |
| Oberscharführer | Senior Squad Leader | Sergeant |
| Scharführer | Squad Leader | Corporal |
| Rottenführer | Section Leader | Lance-Corporal |
| Obersturmmann | Senior Storm Trooper | Private First Class |
| Sturmmann | Storm Trooper | Private |
[edit] Unit Insignia
For all ranks 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 motorized regiment to which they belonged within the National Socialist Motor Corps.
