This article is a list of various states' 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 reference codes. These are the NATO rank reference codes, used for easy comparison amongst NATO countries. Links to comparison charts can be found below.
References to modern military[]
Argentina[]
- Military ranks of Argentina
- Argentine Army officer rank insignia
- Argentine Army enlisted rank insignia
Australia[]
- Australian Army officer rank insignia
- Australian Army other ranks insignia
- Royal Australian Navy ranks and uniforms
- Royal Australian Air Force rank insignia
- Australian Defence Force ranks and insignia
Bangladesh[]
Belgium[]
Bosnia and Herzegovina[]
Brazil[]
Canada[]
People's Republic of China[]
- 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)
Colombia[]
Croatia[]
Cuba[]
Denmark[]
Egypt[]
Estonia[]
Finland[]
France[]
Germany[]
Greece[]
Hungary[]
India[]
Indonesia[]
Iran[]
Iraq[]
Ireland[]
- Irish Army enlisted rank insignia
- Irish Army commissioned rank insignia
- Irish Navy enlisted rank insignia
- Irish Navy commissioned rank insignia
Israel[]
Italy[]
Japan[]
Jordan[]
Lebanon[]
Lithuania[]
Malaysia[]
Mexico[]
Netherlands[]
New Zealand[]
Nicaragua[]
North Korea[]
Norway[]
Pakistan[]
Peru[]
- Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú)
- Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú)
- Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú)
Poland[]
Portugal[]
- Portuguese Armed Forces rank insignia
Romania[]
Russia[]
Saudi Arabia[]
Serbia[]
Singapore[]
Slovakia[]
South Africa[]
South Korea[]
Spain[]
Sri Lanka[]
Sweden[]
- Swedish Military ranks and insignia (with number of persons in each rank)
- Swedish Military Ranks
- Swedish Army rank insignia
Switzerland[]
Republic of China (Taiwan)[]
Tanzania[]
- Tanzanian Military ranks
Thailand[]
Turkey[]
Ukraine[]
United Kingdom[]
- Royal Navy officer rank insignia
- Royal Navy ratings rank insignia
- British Army officer rank insignia
- British Army other ranks rank insignia
- Royal Air Force officer ranks
- Royal Air Force enlisted ranks
United States[]
- United States uniformed services-comparative ranks of officers, warrant officers and servicemen
- United States Air Force: enlisted, 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 rank insignia
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps officer rank insignia
Venezuela[]
Vietnam[]
- Vietnamese military ranks and insignia of the People's Army of Vietnam or PAVN
First and Second World War comparisons[]
- Comparative military ranks of World War I
- Comparative officer ranks of World War II
- World War II German Army Ranks and Insignia
- Japan - Army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Japan - 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
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II
Other comparisons[]
See also[]
External links[]
- World Rank Insignia
- Dave VE7CNV Current Military Ranks of the World
- US Department of Defense rank insignia page
- On the Translation of Military Ranks of NATO Forces
- Australian Defence Force Badges of Rank
- British Army Badges of Rank
- Canadian Forces Badges of Rank
- Irish Defence Force Army Badges of Rank
- New Zealand Defence Force Badges of Rank
The original article can be found at List of comparative military ranks and the edit history here.