Major

From Victory In Europe

Rank Summary
Rank Name:	Major
Level:	Level 16
Category:	CO
Career Path:	CO
Type:	Allied US, British, SAS and Canadian, and Axis Heer and Luftwaffe
Last used in:	Ax90, PPCLI (ViE#10)

Major is a CO rank in both Allied and Axis divisions, the spelling of this rank is identical in English, German and other languages, only the pronounciation differs. The rank is equal to the Kriegsmarine rank of Korvettenkapitän, the Italian rank of Maggiore and the Soviet rank of Mayór.

Contents 1 Position within the Chain of Command 2 Insignia 2.1 Allied 2.1.1 ViE#1, 2, 3 2.1.2 ViE#4 2.1.3 ViE#5 2.1.4 ViE#6 2.1.5 ViE#7 2.1.6 ViE#8 2.1.7 ViE#10 2.1.8 ViE#12 2.2 Axis 2.2.1 ViE#1 2.2.2 ViE#4 2.2.3 ViE#5 2.2.4 ViE#6 2.2.5 ViE#8 2.2.6 ViE#9 2.2.7 ViE#10 3 Tag 4 Holders 4.1 Allied 4.1.1 ViE#1 4.1.2 ViE#2 4.1.3 ViE#3 4.1.4 ViE#4 4.1.5 ViE#5 4.1.6 ViE#6 4.1.7 ViE#7 4.1.8 ViE#8 4.1.9 ViE#11 4.1.10 ViE#12 4.2 Axis 4.2.1 ViE#1 4.2.2 ViE#2 4.2.3 ViE#3 4.2.4 ViE#4 4.2.5 ViE#5 4.2.6 ViE#6 4.2.7 ViE#8 4.2.8 ViE#10 5 History 6 See also

Position within the Chain of Command

Major is classified as OF-3 in the NATO System and Level 16 in Ewok's rank classification system. The next lower rank is Captain on the Allied side and Hauptmann on the Axis side. The next higher rank is Lt. Colonel or Oberstleutnant respectively.

Rank Position
Lower rank:	Hauptmann (Axis), Captain (Allies)
Higher rank:	Oberstleutnant (Axis), Lt. Colonel (Allies)
Parallel rank(s):	Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine), Maggiore (Italian), Mayór (Soviet)
NATO class:	OF-3
Ewok class:	16

See also: Order of Precedence

As a CO rank, this rank can only be reached through being appointed by a General, although successful qualification as a CO Cadet greatly increases the chance to reach it.

See also: Career System

Insignia

Allied

ViE#1, 2, 3

Made by Ewok and used in all ViE#1, ViE#2 and ViE#3.

ViE#4

Used in ViE#4, for a SAS division.

ViE#5

Made by TheArchitect and used in ViE#5

ViE#6

Made by Architect and used in ViE#6

ViE#7

• Not used, see Mayór

ViE#8

Made by Architect and used in ViE#8, for a US Infantry division.

Made by Architect and used in ViE#8, for a British division.

ViE#10

Made by MajorD and used for a Canadian division in ViE#10.

ViE#12

• 

Made by Moondogg and used for a Polish division in ViE#12

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Axis

ViE#1

Made by Ewok and used in ViE#1.

ViE#4

Made by Ewok and used in ViE#4.

ViE#5

Made by Ewok and used in ViE#5.

ViE#6

Made by BRANCALEONE and used in ViE#6.

ViE#8

Made by BRANCALEONE and used in ViE#8 (the rank used in ViE#8 differed slightly from the one shown here)

ViE#9

• Not used, see Maggiore

ViE#10

Made by BRANCALEONE and used in ViE#10, for a German light tank division.

Tag

Maj. is used on the Allied side in all campaigns, as well as on the Axis side in ViE#6

*/ (ViE#1) or

*// (ViE#4 and onwards) was usually used on the Axis side.

Holders

Allied

ViE#1

• Scrote

ViE#2

• Crisp
• HolyWarrior
• Outvisible

ViE#3

• Crisp

ViE#4

• MadDog.82R
• Spriggan

ViE#5

• Architect
• aga

ViE#6

• Lonewolf

ViE#7

Rank not in use (see Mayór)

ViE#8

• None

ViE#11

• Sundown
• Moreland

ViE#12

• Harley^

Axis

ViE#1

• Moondogg

ViE#2

Rank not in use (see Korvettenkapitän)

ViE#3

Rank not in use (see Maggiore)

ViE#4

• BRANCALEONE
• Phoenix

ViE#5

• Mini-Shifty

ViE#6

• BRANCALEONE
• PinkPanther

ViE#8

• Diver

ViE#10

• Fantomet

History

The rank of Major did first appear in BFE#8 on the Axis side and is believed to have appeared in BFE#11 on the Allied side. Since then it has been almost contiously used on both sides.

See also

• Axis ranks
• Allied ranks
• Korvettenkapitän
• Maggiore
• Mayór

Axis ranks in ViE
Level	Heer	Luftwaffe	Kriegsmarine	Italian	Romanian
1	Schütze, Jäger, Panzerjäger etc.	Flieger	Matrose	Soldato	Soldat
2	Gefreiter	Gefreiter	Gefreiter	Soldato Scelto
2b	Gefreiter OA	Gefreiter OA	Gefreiter OA
2c	Gefreiter UA	Gefreiter UA	Gefreiter UA
3	Obergefreiter	Obergefreiter	Obergefreiter	Caporale	Fruntas
3b	Obergefreiter OA	Obergefreiter OA	Obergefreiter OA	Caporale AU
3c	Obergefreiter UA	Obergefreiter UA	Obergefreiter UA	Caporale AS
4	Hauptgefreiter	Hauptgefreiter	Hauptgefreiter		Caporal
5	Stabsgefreiter	Stabsgefreiter	Stabsgefreiter	Caporale Maggiore
6	Oberstabsgefreiter	Oberstabsgefreiter	Oberstabsgefreiter
7	Unteroffizier	Unteroffizier	Maat	Sergente	Sergent
7b	Fahnenjunker	Fahnenjunker	Seekadett	Aspirante	Maistru Militar, clasa 4
7c	Unteroffizier FA	Unteroffizier FA	Maat BA
8	Unterfeldwebel	Unterfeldwebel	Obermaat	Sergente Maggiore	Sergent-maior
9b	Fähnrich	Fähnrich	Fähnrich zur See	Sottotenente	Plutonier
9c	Feldwebel	Feldwebel	Bootsmann	Maresciallo Ordinario	Maistru Militar, clasa 3
10c	Oberfeldwebel	Oberfeldwebel	Oberbootsmann	Maresciallo Capo	Plutonier-maior
11	Hauptfeldwebel	Hauptfeldwebel	Hauptbootsmann		Maistru Militar, clasa 2
11b	Oberfähnrich	Oberfähnrich	Oberfähnrich zur See	Tenente	Maistru Militar, clasa 1
11c	Stabsfeldwebel	Stabsfeldwebel	Stabsbootsmann	Maresciallo Maggiore
12c	Oberstabsfeldwebel	Oberstabsfeldwebel	Oberstabsbootsmann		Maistru Militar principal
13	Leutnant	Leutnant	Leutnant zur See	1° Tenente	Sublocotenent
14	Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant zur See	Capitano	Locotenent
15	Hauptmann	Hauptmann	Kapitänleutnant	1° Capitano	Capitan
16	Major	Major	Korvettenkapitän	Maggiore	Maior
17	Oberstleutnant	Oberstleutnant	Fregattenkapitän	Tenente Colonello	Locotenent-colonel
18	Oberst	Oberst	Kapitän zur See	Colonello	Colonel
19	Generalmajor	Generalmajor	Vizeadmiral	Generale di Divisione	General de Brigada
20	General der Infanterie/der Gebirgsjäger etc.	General der Flieger	Admiral		General de Armata
21	Generalfeldmarschall	Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe	Großadmiral	Primo Maresciallo dell´Impero	Maresal
Ranks in black are planned but have not yet been used. Ranks in italics have been created but not used. All info according to Ewok, as of Feb. 2007. Romanian ranks updated by Barake, as of August 2008.