Hauptsturmführer

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The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a Hauptmann in the German Wehrmacht and about equivalent of captain in foreign armies. Hauptsturmführer was the most commonly held SS officer rank during the Second World War.

The insignia of Hauptsturmführer was three silver pips and two silver stripes on a black collar patch, worn opposite a unit insignia patch. On the field grey duty uniform, the shoulder boards of an Army Hauptmann were also displayed. The rank of Hauptsturmführer was senior to the rank of Obersturmführer and junior to Sturmbannführer.