The Military ranks of the Socialist Republic of Romania are the military insignia used by the Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania.[lower-alpha 1] The ranks replaced the Military ranks of the Kingdom of Romania in 1947, following the proclamation of the Republic. The ranks were replaced by the Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia, following the Romanian Revolution. Since Romania was a member of the Warsaw Pact, it shared a rank structure to the Soviet Union.[1] However, after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Romania gradually moved towards the pre-war ranks.[2]
Commissioned officer ranks[]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| General de armată | General colonel | General-locotenent | General-maior | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent maior | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amiral | Viceamiral | Contraamiral | Căpitan rangul I | Căpitan rangul II | Căpitan rangul III | Căpitan locotenent | Locotenent maior | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General colonel | General-locotenent | General-maior | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent maior | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other ranks[]
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| 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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| Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal | Soldat fruntaş | Soldat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Army of the Romanian People's Republic (1948–1965)
References[]
- ↑ Soper 1991, pp. 281, 282.
- ↑ Soper 1991, p. 281.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Soper 1991, p. 284.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Soper 1991, p. 285.
- Soper, Karl Wheeler (1991). "National Security". In Bachman, Ronald D.. Romania: a country study. Area Handbook (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. LCCN 90006449. https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.romaniacountryst00bach_0/?sp=323. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links[]
- "Romania 1947-1989 (Socialist Republic)". The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&search_id=main&state=122&search_id=top.
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