Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers
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Rank comparison chart of all armies of NATO member states.
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[edit] Flag Officers (OF 10 - 6) and Officers (5 - 1)
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF-D- | Student Officer | |
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 Belgium(Edit) |
No Equivalent |  Général Generaal |
 Lieutenant général Luitenant-generaal |
 Général-major Generaal-majoor |
 Général de Brigade Brigadegeneraal |
 Colonel Kolonel |
 Lieutenant-colonel Luitenant-kolonel |
 Major Majoor |
 Capitaine-commandant Kapitein-commandant  Capitaine Kapitein |
 Lieutenant Luitenant |
 Sous-lieutenant Onderluitenant |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
 Bulgaria (Edit) |
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| генерал | генерал-полковник | генерал-лейтенант | генерал-майор | полковник | подполковник | майор | капитан | старши лейтенант | лейтенант | младши лейтенант | офицерски кандидат | ||
 Czech Republic (Edit) |
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No Equivalent |
| armádní generál | generálporučík | generálmajor | brigádní generál | plukovník | podplukovník | major | kapitán | nadporučík | poručík | podporučík | |||
 Canada (Edit) |
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| General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Officer Cadet | |||
| Général | Lieutenant-général | Major-général | Brigadier-général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Eleve-Officier | |||
 Denmark (Edit) |
No Equivalent |  |
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No Equivalent |
| General | Generalløjtnant | Generalmajor | Brigadegeneral | Oberst | Oberstløjnant | Major | Kaptajn | Premierløjtnant | Flyverløjtnant | Løjtnant | |||
 Estonia (Edit) |
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No Equivalent |
| Kindral | Kindralleitnant | Kindralmajor | Brigaadikindral | Kolonel | Kolonelleitnant | Major | Kapten | Leitnant | Nooremleitnant | Lipnik | |||
 France(Edit) |
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| Maréchal de France1 | Général d´Armée | Général de Corps d´Armée | Général de Division | Général de Brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Aspirant | Élève-officier | |
 Germany (Edit) |
No Equivalent |  General |
 Generalleutnant |
 Generalmajor |
 Brigadegeneral |
 Oberst |
 Oberstleutnant |
 Major |
 Stabshauptmann  Hauptmann |
 Oberleutnant |
 Leutnant |
(Ober-) Fähnrich | Enlisted Rank plus bottom thin silver line indicating cadet's career |
 Greece (Edit) |
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No Equivalent |
| Stratigos - Στρατηγός |
Antistratigos - Αντιστράτηγος |
Ypostratigos - Υποστράτηγος |
Taxiarchos - Ταξίαρχος |
Syntagmatarchis - Συνταγματάρχης |
Antisyntagmatarchis - Αντισυνταγματάρχης |
Tagmatarchis - Ταγματάρχης |
Lochagos - Λοχαγός |
Ypolochagos - Υπολοχαγός |
Anthypolochagos - Ανθυπολοχαγός |
Dokimos Anthipolochagos (draftee) - Δόκιμος Έφεδρος Ανθυπολοχαγός |
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 Hungary (Edit) |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Vezérezredes | Altábornagy | Vezérőrnagy | Dandártábornok | Ezredes | Alezredes | Őrnagy | Százados | Főhadnagy | Hadnagy | ||||
 Iceland(Edit) |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent |  |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Ofursti | Undirofursti | Majór | Höfuðsmaður | Liðsforingi | Undirliðsforingi | ||||||||
 Italy (Edit) |
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| Maresciallo d'Italia1 |
Generale (Capo di S.M. Difesa) Generale (Capo di S.M. Esercito)2 | Tenente Generale | Maggiore Generale | Brigadiere Generale | Colonnello | Tenente Colonnello | Maggiore | Capitano | Tenente | Sottotenente | |||
 Latvia (Edit) |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent |  |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Ģenerālleitnants | Ģenerālmajors | Brigādes Ģenerālis | Pulkvedis | Pulkvežleitnants | Majors | Kapteinis | Virslietnants | Lietnants | |||||
 Lithuania (Edit) |
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| Generolas leitenantas | Generolas majoras | Brigados generolas | Pulkininkas | Pulkininkas leitenantas | Majoras | Kapitonas | Vyresnysis leitenantas | Leitenantas | Kariūnas | ||||
 Luxembourg(Edit) |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent | No Equivalent |  |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
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 Netherlands (Edit) |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Generaal | Luitenant - generaal | Generaal - majoor | Brigade - generaal | Kolonel | Luitenant - kolonel | Majoor | Kapitein/Ritmeester | 1e Luitenant | 2e Luitenant | ||||
 Norway (Edit) |
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| General | Generalløytnant | Generalmajor | Brigader | Oberst | Oberstløytnant | Major | Kaptein/Rittmester | Løytnant | Fenrik | ||||
 Poland(Edit) |
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No equivalent | No equivalent |
| Marszałek Polski1 | Generał | Generał broni | Generał dywizji | Generał brygady | Pułkownik | Podpułkownik | Major | Kapitan | Porucznik | Podporucznik | |||
 Portugal(Edit) |
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| Marechal1 | General | Tenente-general | Major-general | Brigadeiro-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | Aspirante-a-Oficial | ||
 Romania (Edit) |
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| Mareşal1 | General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | |||
 Slovakia (Edit) |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Generál | Generálporučík | Generálmajor | Brigádny Generál | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | ||||
 Slovenia(Edit) |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| General | Generalpodpolkovnik | Generalmajor | Brigadir | Polkovnik | Podpolkovnik | Major | Stotnik | Nadporočnik | Poročnik | ||||
 Spain(Edit) |
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No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
| Capitán general1 | General de Ejército | Teniente general | General de división | General de brigada | Coronel | Teniente coronel | Comandante | Capitán | Teniente | Alférez | |||
 Turkey(Edit) |
 Mareşal1 |
 Genel Kurmay Başkanı  Orgeneral |
 Korgeneral |
 Tümgeneral |
 Tuğgeneral |
 Albay |
 Yarbay |
 Binbaşı |
 Yüzbaşı |
 Üsteğmen |
 Teğmen;  Asteğmen |
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 United Kingdom(Edit) |
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| Field Marshal1 | General | Lieutenant-General | Major-General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Officer Cadet | ||
 United States(Edit) |
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No Equivalent | Various |
| General of the Army1 | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Cadet/Officer Candidate | ||
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF-D- | Student Officer | |
- 1 Honorary/War time rank.
- 2 The higher star of the rank has a red enamel.
[edit] Warrant officers (WO5 - 1)
Warrant officers rank below officers and above enlisted servicemen.
| NATO Rank | WO-5 | WO-4 | WO-3 | WO-2 | WO-1 | |
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| Greece (Edit) |
No equivalent | No equivalent | No equivalent | No equivalent |  |
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| Anthypaspistis OR92 - Ανθυπασπιστής |
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| Starszy chorąży sztabowy OR9 | Chorąży sztabowy (Obsolete) | Młodszy chorąży sztabowy (Obsolete) | Starszy chorąży OR8 | Chorąży | Młodszy chorąży | |
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| Maistru Militar Principal | Maistru Militar clasa 1 | Maistru Militar clasa 2 | Maistru Militar clasa 3 | Maistru Militar clasa 4 | ||
| United States (Edit) |
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| Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) |
Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) |
Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) |
Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) |
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1) |
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| NATO Rank | WO-5 | WO-4 | WO-3 | WO-2 | WO-1 | |
- 2 Greece has only one level of warrant officers. The regular warrant officers rank above draftee warrant officers.
- Countries not listed either use regular officer ranks for warrant officers or do not have warrant officers or warrant officer are considered OR (Other/Enlisted Rank).
[edit] Source
- STANAG 2116 NATO chart
[edit] See also
- NATO
- Ranks and insignia of NATO
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Armies Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Armies Enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Navies Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Navies Enlisted
[edit] External links
- History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance - UK Government site
Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Turkey · United Kingdom · United States
Candidate countries: Albania · Croatia · Republic of Macedonia (as former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia[1])
