List of comparative military ranks
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This article is a list of various states' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used within nations to categorizing the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
| Common military ranks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Navies1 | Armies2 | Air Forces3 |
| Admiral of the Fleet |
Field Marshal | Marshal of the Air Force |
| Admiral | General | Air Chief Marshal |
| Vice Admiral | Lt. General | Air Marshal |
| Rear Admiral | Major General | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Commodore | Brigadier | Air Commodore |
| Captain | Colonel | Group Captain |
| Commander | Lt. Colonel | Wing Commander |
| Lt. Commander | Major | Squadron Leader |
| Lieutenant | Captain | Flight Lieutenant |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Flying Officer |
| Warrant Officer | Sergeant Major | Warrant Officer |
| Petty Officer | Sergeant | Sergeant |
| Leading Rate | Corporal | Corporal |
| Seaman | Private | Aircraftman |
| 1 in the English-speaking world 2 also some Air Forces 3 In many Commonwealth countries |
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[edit] References to modern military
- Argentine Army officer rank insignia
- Argentine Army enlisted rank insignia
- Australian Army officer rank insignia
- Australian Army other ranks insignia
- Australian Air Force rank insignia
- Australian Defence Force ranks and insignia
- Belgian military ranks
- Bosnian Military ranks and insignia
- Brazilian military ranks and insignia
- Canadian Forces ranks and insignia
- Chinese Army ranks (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Navy ranks (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Air Force ranks (People's Republic of China)
- Croatian military ranks
- Cuban military ranks
- Dutch military ranks
- Estonian Army ranks
- Finnish military ranks
- French Army ranks
- French Navy ranks
- German Army rank insignia
- Greek military ranks
- Hungarian military ranks
- Indian air force ranks and insignia
- Indian Army ranks and insignia
- Indian Navy ranks and insignia
- Indonesian military ranks
- Iranian military ranks
- Iraqi Army ranks
- Irish Army enlisted ranks
- Irish Army commissioned ranks
- Irish Navy enlisted rank insignia
- Irish Navy commissioned rank insignia
- Israeli Defence Forces ranks and insignia
- Italian Army ranks
- Italian Navy ranks
- Japanese military ranks
- Jordanian military ranks
- Netherlands - Dutch military ranks
- New Zealand military ranks
- North Korean military ranks
- Norwegian military ranks
- Mexican military ranks
- Republic of China Army rank insignia (Taiwan)
- Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
- Portuguese Armed Forces rank insignia
- Romanian military ranks
- Russian military ranks
- Saudi Arabian military ranks
- Serbian military ranks and insignia
- Singapore Armed Forces ranks
- Swiss army ranks
- Sri Lanka Army rank insignia
- Sri Lanka Navy rank insignia
- Sri Lanka Air Force rank insignia
- South African military ranks
- South Korean military ranks
- Spanish Armed Forces rank insignia
- Swedish Army rank insignia
- Tanzanian Military Ranks
- Thai military ranks
- Ukrainian Air Force Ranks
- Ukrainian Ground Force Ranks
- Ukrainian Naval Ranks
- United Kingdom - British Army Other Ranks rank insignia
- United Kingdom - British Army officer rank insignia
- United Kingdom - Royal Air Force officer ranks
- United Kingdom - Royal Air Force enlisted ranks
- United Kingdom - Royal Navy officer rank insignia
- United Kingdom - Royal Navy ratings rank insignia
- United Kingdom and United States military ranks compared
- United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia
- United States Air Force officer rank insignia
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia
- United States Army officer rank insignia
- United States Coast Guard enlisted rate insignia
- United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia
- United States Marine Corps enlisted rank insignia
- United States Marine Corps officer rank insignia
- United States Navy enlisted rate insignia
- United States Navy officer rank insignia
- Vietnamese military ranks and insignia of the People's Army of Vietnam or PAVN
[edit] First and Second World War comparisons
- Comparative military ranks of World War I
- Comparative military ranks of World War II
- Army enlisted ranks of the United States during World War II
- Army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Nazi party paramilitary ranks:
- Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party
- Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel
- Ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung
- Ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps
- Ranks and insignia of the Volkssturm
