A shiftable multispeed reverse transmission comprising an input shaft (1) and first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), one or more fixed gears and idle gears being mounted on the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), and the idle gears being non-rotatably connected with the countershafts via shiftable clutches for one of gear or direction change, and an output shaft (8), the reverse transmission has first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth forward gears and first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth reverse gears, a first idle gear (115), situated upon the input shaft (1) is connected with the input shaft (1) via a forward clutch (SV) which is one of a synchronizer unit or dog clutch for the eight forward gears, the first idle gear (115) being in constant mesh with a first fixed gear (103) which is situated on the second countershaft (3) upon which a second idle gear (110) and a first shift clutch (K1), by way of which the second idle gear (110) can be connected with the first countershaft (3), and a second fixed gear (203) non-rotatably connected with the first countershaft (3) are situated, and upon the input shaft (1) is situated a third idle gear (116) connectable with the input shaft (1) via a reverse clutch (SR) in the form of one of the synchronizer unit or the dog clutch for the eight reverse gears, the third idle gear (116) being in constant mesh with a third fixed gear (202) upon a first shaft (2) upon which a fourth fixed gear (102) is situated, and the fourth fixed gear (102) is in constant mesh with a fifth fixed gear (104) which in addition is in constant mesh with the first idle gear (115) situated on the input shaft (1), the fifth fixed gear (104) is non-rotatably connected with the third countershaft (4) upon which is situated a sixth fixed gear (204) and a fourth idle gear (111) connectable via a second clutch (K2) for a gearshift, the fourth idle gear (104) is in constant mesh with a seventh fixed gear (106) situated on the fifth countershaft (6) and connectable via a third shift clutch (K4) with a fifth idle gear (113) in constant mesh with the sixth fixed gear (204) of the third countershaft (4), the seventh fixed gear (106) situated on the fifth countershaft (6) being in constant mesh with an eighth fixed gear (107) situated on the sixth countershaft (7) and the eighth fixed gear (107) is non-rotatably connected with the sixth countershaft (7) and with a sun gear (S) of a planetary stage (P), the output shaft (8) is non-rotatably connected a ninth fixed gear (108) which is in constant mesh with a sixth idle gear (117), and the sixth idle gear (117) being non-rotatably connected with a planet carrier of the planetary stage (P), a hollow gear of the planetary stage (P) being connectable, via a brake (B), with a housing (G) or, via a fourth clutch (K), with the sun gear (S), the eighth fixed gear (107) situated on the sixth countershaft (7) is additionally in constant operative connection with a tenth fixed gear (105) situated on the fourth countershaft (5), a seventh idle gear (112) on the fourth countershaft (5) being connectable via a fifth shift clutch (K3) with the fourth countershaft (5), the tenth fixed gear (105) situated upon the fourth countershaft (5) being in constant mesh with the second idle gear (110) which, via the first shift clutch (K1), can be connected with the second countershaft (3) and the second fixed gear (203) of the second countershaft (3) is in constant operative connection with the seventh idle gear (112) of the fourth countershaft (5).