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Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of Asian states.

Enlisted[]

Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Afghanistan Afghanistan
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No equivalent
No equivalent No insignia
Sergeant
First Class

سرپرگمشر قدمدار
Staff
Sergeant

معاون سرپرگمشر قدمدار
Sergeant
سرپرگمشر
Corporal
معاون سرپرگمشر
Private
First Class

پرگمشر
Private
جندي‎‎


Armenia Armenia
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No equivalent
Senior Warrant Officer
(ԱՎԱԳ ԵՆԹԱՍՊԱ)
Warrant Officer
(ԵՆԹԱՍՊԱ)
Sergeant Major
(ԱՎԱԳ)
Senior Sergeant
(ԱՎԱԳ ՍԵՐԺԱՆՏ)
Sergeant
(ՍԵՐԺԱՆՏ)
Junior Sergeant
(ԿՐՏՍԵՐ ՍԵՐԺԱՆՏ)
Private First Class
(ԵՖՐԵՅՏՈՐ)
Private
(ԶԻՆՎՈՐ)


Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
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No equivalent
baş gizir gizir kiçik gizir baş çavuş çavuş kiçik çavuş baş әsgәr әsgәr
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private 1st Class Private


Bahrain Bahrain
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No equivalent
No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Sergeant
رقیب اول
Sergeant
رقیب
Corporal
عريف
Lance Corporal
جندی اول
Private
جندي‎‎


Bangladesh Bangladesh
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No equivalent No equivalent
Master Warrant Officer Senior Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Sainik


Bhutan Bhutan
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No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Dimpon Wom I
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Dimpon Wom II
Warrant Officer 3rd Class
Dimpon Wom III
Sergeant
Pelpon
Corporal
Peljab
Lance Corporal
Gopa
Private


Brunei Brunei
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Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Sergeant Major Staff Sergeant Sergeant No equivalent Corporal Lance Corporal No insignia
Force Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Sergeant Major Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


Cambodia Cambodia
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នាយចំណង់ ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក ពលបាលឯក ពលបាលទោ ពលបាលត្រី នាយឯក នាយទោ ពលឯក ពលទោ
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Command Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Chief Corporal Corporal Soldier 1st Class Soldier 2nd Class Soldier


China People's Republic of China
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Chief Sergeant 1st Class
(一级军士长)
Chief Sergeant 2nd Class
(二级军士长)
Chief Sergeant 3rd Class
(三级军士长)
Chief Sergeant 4th Class
(四级军士长)
Sergeant
(上士)
Corporal
(中士)
Lance Corporal
(下士)
Private 1st Class
(上等兵)
Private
(列兵)


 Republic of China Army[1]
一等士官長
Yīděng shìguānzhǎng
二等士官長
Èrděng shìguānzhǎng
三等士官長
Sānděng shìguānzhǎng
上士
Shàngshì
中士
Zhōngshì
下士
Xiàshì
上等兵
Shàngděngbīng
一等兵
Yīděngbīng
二等兵
Èrděngbīng
India India
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No equivalent No insignia
Subedar Major/Risaldar Major Subedar/Risaldar Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar Havildar Naik Lance Naik Sepoy
Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Indonesia Indonesia
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Pembantu Letnan Satu Pembantu Letnan Dua Sersan Mayor Sersan Kepala Sersan Satu Sersan Dua Kopral Kepala Kopral Satu Kopral Dua Prajurit Kepala Prajurit Satu Prajurit Dua
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Master corporal Corporal Lance corporal Master Private Private First Class Private


Iran Iran
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Sergeant Major
استوار یکم
Master Sergeant
استوار دوم
Sergeant First Class
گروهبان یکم
Staff Sergeant
گروهبان دوم
Sergeant
گروهبان سوم
Corporal
سرجوخه
Private First Class
سرباز یکم
Private (E-2)
سرباز دوم
Private
سرباز


Iraq Iraq
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No equivalent
No equivalent
Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private
Raqib awwal
(رقيب أول)
Raqib
(رقيب)
'arif
(عريف)
Jondi awwal
(جندي أول)
Jondi
(جندي)


Israel Israel
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No equivalent No insignia No equivalent
Chief warrant officer
(רב-נגד (רנ"ג
Warrant officer
(רב-נגד משנה (רנ"מ
Command Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל בכיר (רס"ב
Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל מתקדם (רס"מ
Master Sergeant
(רב-סמל ראשון (רס"ר
Sergeant First Class
(רב-סמל (רס"ל
Staff Sergeant
(סמל ראשון (סמ"ר
Sergeant
סמל
Corporal
(רב טוראי (רב"ט
Private
טוראי


 Japan Army[2]
First Sergeant Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private Recruit
陸曹長
Rikusōchō
1等陸曹
Ittō rikusō
2等陸曹
Nitō rikusō
3等陸曹
Santō rikusō
陸士長
Rikushichō
1等陸士
Ittō rikushi
2等陸士
Nitō rikushi
自衛官候補生
Jieikan kōhosei
Jordan Jordan
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No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Agent First Class
وکیل اول
Agent
وکیل
Sergeant First Class
رقیب اول
Sergeant
رقیب
Corporal
عریف
Private 1st Class
جندي اول
Private
جندي‎‎


Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
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No equivalent
Master Sergeant
Шебер-сержант
Staff Sergeant
Штаб-сержант
Sergeant First Class
Бiрiншi сыныпты сержант
Sergeant Second Class
Екiншi сыныпты сержант
Sergeant Third Class
Үшiншi сыныпты сержант
Senior Sergeant
Аға сержант
Sergeant
Сержант
Junior sergeant
Кiшi сержант
Gefreiter
Ефрейтор
Ordinary Soldier
Қатардағы жауынгер


North Korea North Korea
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No equivalent
T'ŭkmu-sangsa
특무상사
Sangsa
상사
Chungsa
중사
Hasa
하사
Sanggŭp-pyŏngsa
상급병사
Chungŭp-pyŏngsa
중급병사
Hagŭp-pyŏngsa
하급병사
Chŏnsa
전사
Sergeant major Master sergeant Sergeant first class Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private


 Republic of Korea Army[3]
원사
Wonsa
상사
Sangsa
중사
Jungsa
하사
Hasa
병장
Byeongjang
상등병
Sangdeungbyeong
일등병
Ildeungbyeong
이등병
Ideungbyeong
Kuwait Kuwait
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Chief Warrant Officer
وکیل اول
Warrant Officer
وکیل
Sergeant First Class
رقیب اول
Sergeant
رقیب
Corporal
عریف
Private 1st Class
وکیل عریف
Private
جندي‎‎


Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Старшина Улук сержант Сержант Кенже сержант Ефрейтор Катардагы жоокер
Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Laos Laos
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No equivalent
No equivalent
Sergeant
ສິບເອກ
Corporal
ສິບໂທ
Private First Class
ສິບຕຣີ
Private
ພົນທະຫານ


Lebanon Lebanon
(Edit)
No insignia
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private Recruit


Malaysia Malaysia
(Edit)
Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant No equivalent Corporal Lance Corporal No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1
Pegawai Waran I
Warrant Officer Class 2
Pegawai Waran II
Staff Sergeant
Staf Sarjan
Sergeant
Sarjan
Corporal
Koperal
Lance Corporal
Lans Koperal
Private
Prebet
Recruit
Rekrut


Maldives Maldives
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
Sergeant Major of the MNDF Command sergeant major Sergeant major First sergeant Sergeant first class Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private


Mongolia Mongolia
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Mongolian Army-SGM-service Mongolian Army-MSG-service Mongolian Army-SSG-service Mongolian Army-SGT-service Mongolian Army-JSG-service Mongolian Army-SCP-field Mongolian Army-CPL-field Mongolian Army-JCP-field Mongolian Army-PFC-field Mongolian Army-PVT-field
Sergeant major
Тэргүүн ахлагч
Master sergeant
Cургагч ахлагч
Senior sergeant
Aхлах ахлагч
Sergeant
Aхлагч
Junior sergeant
Дэд ахлагч
Senior corporal
Ахлах түрүүч
Corporal
Түрүүч
Junior corporal
Дэд түрүүч
Senior private
Ахлах байлдагч
Private
Байлдагч


Myanmar Myanmar
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No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer class 1
အရာခံဗိုလ်
Warrant officer class 2
ဒုအရာခံဗိုလ်
Staff Sergeant
တပ်ခွဲတပ်ကြပ်ကြီး
Sergeant
တပ်ကြပ်ကြီး
Corporal
တပ်ကြပ်
Lance Corporal
ဒုတပ်ကြပ်
Private


Nepal Nepal
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No equivalent No insignia No insignia
Subedar-major
प्रमुख सुवेदार
Warrant Officer
Class II

सुवेदार
Warrant Officer
Class I

जमदार
Sergeant
हुद्दा
Corporal
अमल्दार
Lance corporal
प्यूठ
Private
सिपाही
Followers
फलोअर्स


Oman Oman
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent
Sergeant Major
وکیل کتیبة
Master Sergeant
وکیل
Sergeant First Class
رقیب اول
Staff Sergeant
رقیب
Sergeant
وکیل رقیب
Corporal
عریف
Lance Corporal
نائب عریف


Pakistan Pakistan
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
Subedar-Major/Risaldar-Major Subedar/Risaldar Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar Havildar Naik Lance Naik Sepoy


Philippines Philippines
(Edit)
No equivalent
Chief Master
Sergeant
Senior Master
Sergeant
Master Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private
First Class
Private


Qatar Qatar
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer
1st Class
Warrant Officer
2nd Class
Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private


 Russia Army[4]
Ста́рший пра́порщик
Stárshiy práporshchik
Пра́порщик
Práporshchyk
Старшина́
Starshyná
Ста́рший сержа́нт
Stárshiy serzhánt
Сержа́нт
Serzhánt
Мла́дший сержа́нт
Mládshiy serzhánt
Ефре́йтор
Efréĭtor
Рядово́й
Ryadovóy Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/Saudi Arabia
Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Singapore Singapore
(Edit)
No insignia No insignia
Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant First Sergeant Second Sergeant Third Sergeant Corporal First Class Corporal Lance Corporal Private First Class Private Recruit


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer
1st Class
Warrant Officer
2nd Class
Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


Syria Syria
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer 1st class
مساعد أول
Warrant officer 2nd class
مساعد ثاني
Warrant officer 3rd class
مساعد
Sergeant Major
رقيب أول
Staff Sergeant
رقيب ثاني
Sergeant
رقيب
Corporal
عريف
Private 1st class
جندي أول
Private
جندي


Tajikistan Tajikistan
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No equivalent
Senior Ensign
Прапоршики калон
Ensign
Прапоршик
Sergeant Major
Старшина
Senior Sergeant
Сержанти калон
Sergeant
Сержант
Junior Sergeant
Сержанти хурд
Private First Class
Ефрейтор
Private
Қаторӣ


Thailand Thailand
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Special Master Sergeant 1st Class Master Sergeant 1st Class Master Sergeant 2nd Class Master Sergeant 3rd Class No equivalent Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private 1st Class No insignia
จ่าสิบเอกพิเศษ จ่าสิบเอก จ่าสิบโท จ่าสิบตรี สิบเอก สิบโท สิบตรี สิบตรีกองประจำการ พลทหาร
Master Sergeant 1st Class
(special rank)
Master Sergeant 1st Class Master Sergeant 2nd Class Master Sergeant 3rd Class Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private 1st Class Private


East Timor Timor-Leste
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Sargento-mor Sargento-chefe Sargento-ajudante Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Furriel Segundo-furriel Cabo-adjunto Primeiro-cabo Segundo-cabo Soldado


Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
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No equivalent
No equivalent No equivalent Starşina Uly seržant Seržant Kiçi seržant No equivalent Hatarçy


United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private


Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
(Edit)
No equivalent
No equivalent
Senior Sergeant Sergeant Junior Sergeant Private First Class Private


Vietnam Vietnam
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Sergeant Major
Thượng sĩ
Sergeant
Trung sĩ
Corporal
Hạ sĩ
Private First Class
Binh nhất
Private
Binh nhì


Yemen Yemen
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1

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