List of comparative military ranks
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This article is a list of various nations' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO rank reference codes. These are used for easy comparison among NATO countries. Links to comparison charts can be found below.
References to modern military
[edit]Albania
[edit]Angola
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Australia
[edit]Austria
[edit]Armenia
[edit]Azerbaijan
[edit]Bahrain
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]Belarus
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Bhutan
[edit]Bolivia
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]Botswana
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Cambodia
[edit]Canada
[edit]Chile
[edit]China
[edit]Colombia
[edit]Congo
[edit]Congo-Brazzaville
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Cuba
[edit]Czechia
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Ecuador
[edit]Estonia
[edit]Ethiopia
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]Gabon
[edit]Georgia
[edit]Germany
[edit]Greece
[edit]Hungary
[edit]India
[edit]Indonesia
[edit]Iran
[edit]Iraq
[edit]Ireland
[edit]Israel
[edit]Italy
[edit]Japan
[edit]Jordan
[edit]Kenya
[edit]Laos
[edit]Latvia
[edit]Lebanon
[edit]Lithuania
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]Myanmar
[edit]Nepal
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]Nicaragua
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]North Korea
[edit]Norway
[edit]Pakistan
[edit]Peru
[edit]Philippines
[edit]Poland
[edit]Portugal
[edit]Romania
[edit]Russia
[edit]- Army ranks and insignia of Russia
- Naval ranks and insignia of Russia
- Aerospace Forces ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
Russia(1917-1922)
[edit]Saudi Arabia
[edit]Serbia
[edit]Singapore
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]Somalia
[edit]Somaliland
[edit]South Africa
[edit]South Korea
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sri Lanka
[edit]Sweden
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]Republic of China (Taiwan)
[edit]Tajikistan
[edit]Tanzania
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Tunisia
[edit]Turkey
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]United Arab Emirates
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]- United States uniformed services: comparative ranks of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted servicemen
- United States Air Force: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Army: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Coast Guard: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Marine Corps: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Navy: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: officer
- United States Space Force: enlisted, officer
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps: officer
- United Kingdom and United States military ranks compared
Venezuela
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]Zambia
[edit]Zimbabwe
[edit]Continental comparisons
[edit]Africa
[edit]Americas
[edit]Asia
[edit]Europe
[edit]Oceania
[edit]Other comparisons
[edit]NATO
[edit]Commonwealth of Nations
[edit]- Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative navy officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
Armed forces comparison
[edit]Previous eras
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- Imperial Roman legion's ranks
- Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
- Confederate Army during the civil war
- Confederate Navy during the civil war
- Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces
- Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries
- South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia
- United States (Union) Army during the civil war
- United States (Union) Navy during the civil war
- Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces
- Military ranks of the Soviet Union
First and Second World War comparisons
[edit]- Comparative officer ranks of World War I
- Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
- Comparative officer ranks of World War II
- Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany
- Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces
- Military ranks of the Soviet Union
- Japan - army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Japan - naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II