Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

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Rank comparasion chart of all armies of NATO member states.

Contents 1 Flag Officers (OF 10 - 6) 2 Officers (OF 5 - 1) 3 Warrant officers (WO5 - 1) 4 See also

[edit] Flag Officers (OF 10 - 6)

Flag Officer ranks
NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6
Belgium	No Equivalent	Général Generaal	Lieutenant-général Luitenant-generaal	Général-major Generaal-majoor	Général de Brigade Brigadegeneraal
Bulgaria	No Equivalent	генерал	генерал-лейтенант	генерал-майор	бригаден генерал
Canada	No Equivalent	General Général	File:CA-Army-OF8.gif Lieutenant General Lieutenant-général	File:CA-Army-OF7.gif Major General Major-général	File:CA-Army-OF6.gif Brigadier General Brigadier-général
Czech Republic	No Equivalent	armádní generál	generálporučík	generálmajor	brigádní generál
Denmark	No Equivalent	General	Generalløjtnant	Generalmajor	Brigadegeneral
Estonia	No Equivalent	Kindral	Kindralleitnant	Kindralmajor	Brigaadikindral
France	Maréchal de France1	Général d´Armée	Général de Corps d´Armée	Général de Division	Général de Brigade
Germany	No Equivalent	General	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor	Brigadegeneral
Greece	No Equivalent	Stratigos	Antistratigos	Ypostratigos	Taxiarchos
Hungary	No Equivalent	Vezérezredes	Altábornagy	Vezérőrnagy	Dandártábornok
Iceland	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army
Italy	No Offical Equivalent Generale d'Armata3	Generale2	Generale di corpo d´armata2	Generale di divisione2	Generale di brigata2
Latvia	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	Ģenerālleitnants	Ģenerālmajors	Brigādes Ģenerālis
Lithuania	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	Generolas leitenantas	Generolas majoras	Brigados generolas
Luxembourg	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Netherlands	No Equivalent	Generaal	Luitenant - generaal	Generaal - majoor	Brigade - generaal
Norway	No Equivalent	General	Generalløytnant	Generalmajor	Brigader
Poland	Marszałek Polski1	Generał	Generał broni	Generał dywizji	Generał brygady
Portugal	Marechal1	General	Tenente-general	Major-general	Brigadeiro-general
Romania	No Equivalent	General	General Locotenent	General Maior	General de Brigada
Slovakia	No Equivalent	Generál	Generálporučík	Generálmajor	Brigádny Generál
Slovenia	No Equivalent	General	Generalpodpolkovnik	File:SLV-Army-OF7.gif Generalmajor	Brigadir
Spain	Capitán general1	General de Ejército	Teniente general	General de división	General de brigada
Turkey	Mareşal1	Genel Kurmay Başkanı Orgeneral	Korgeneral	Tümgeneral	Tuğgeneral
United Kingdom	Field Marshal1	General	Lieutenant-General	Major-General	Brigadier
United States	General of the Army1	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General
NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6

• ¹ Honorary/War time rank.
• ² ON Italian ranks a red border around the star means that the officer is commanding an operational unit.
• ³ Generale d'Armata does not exist in the Italian army contrary to the STANAG 2116 NATO chart.

[edit] Officers (OF 5 - 1)

Officer ranks
NATO Code	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D	Student Officer
Belgium	Colonel Kolonel	Lieutenant-colonel Luitenant-kolonel	Major Majoor	Capitaine-commandant Kapitein-commandant Capitaine Kapitein	Lieutenant Luitenant	Sous-lieutenant Onderluitenant	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Bulgaria	полковник	подполковник	майор	капитан	старши лейтенант	лейтенант	младши лейтенант	No Equivalent
Canada	File:CA-Army-OF5.gif Colonel Colonel	File:CA-Army-OF4.gif Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-colonel	File:CA-Army-OF3.gif Major Major	File:CA-Army-OF2.gif Captain Capitaine	File:CA-Army-OF1a.gif Lieutenant Lieutenant	File:CA-Army-OF1b.gif Second Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant	No Equivalent	coming soon Officer Cadet Eleve-Officier
Czech Republic	plukovník	podplukovník	major	kapitán	nadporučík	poručík	podporučík	No Equivalent
Denmark	Oberst	Oberstløjnant	Major	Kaptajn	Premierløjtnant	Flyverløjtnant	Løjtnant	No Equivalent
Estonia	Kolonel	Kolonelleitnant	Major	Kapten	Leitnant	Nooremleitnant	Lipnik	No Equivalent
France	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous-Lieutenant	Aspirant	stripe with curl Élève-officier
Germany	Oberst	Oberstleutnant	Major	Stabshauptmann Hauptmann	Oberleutnant	Leutnant	Oberfähnrich Fähnrich	Enlisted Rank plus bottom thin silver line indicating cadet's career
Greece	Syntagmatarchis	Antisyntagmatarchis	Tagmatarchis	Lochagos	Ypolochagos	File:GR-Army-OF1b.gif Anthypolochagos	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Hungary	Ezredes	Alezredes	Őrnagy	Százados	File:HU-Army-OF1a.gif Főhadnagy	Hadnagy	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Iceland	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army	No Army
Italy	Colonnello	Tenente colonnello	Maggiore	Capitano	Tenente	Sottotenente	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Latvia	Pulkvedis	Pulkvežleitnants	Majors	Kapteinis	Virslietnants	Lietnants	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Lithuania	Pulkininkas	Pulkininkas leitenantas	Majoras	Kapitonas	Vyresnysis leitenantas	Leitenantas	No Equivalent	Kariunas
Luxembourg	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Capitaine	Premier Lieutenant	Lieutenant	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Netherlands	Kolonel	Luitenant - kolonel	Majoor	Kapitein/Ritmeester	1e Luitenant	2e Luitenant	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Norway	Oberst	Oberstløytnant	Major	Kaptein/Rittmester	Løytnant	Fenrik	No equivalent	No equivalent
Poland	Pułkownik	Podpułkownik	Major	Kapitan	Porucznik	Podporucznik	No equivalent	No equivalent
Portugal	Coronel	Tenente-coronel	Major	Capitão	Tenente	Alferes	Aspirante-a-Oficial	No Equivalent
Romania	Colonel	Locotenent Colonel	Maior	Căpitan	Locotenent	Sublocotenent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Slovakia	Plukovník	Podplukovník	File:SLK-Army-OF3.gif Major	Kapitán	File:SLK-Army-OF1a.gif Nadporučík	File:SLK-Army-OF1b.gif Poručík	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Slovenia	Polkovnik	Podpolkovnik	Major	Stotnik	Nadporočnik	Poročnik	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Spain	Coronel	Teniente coronel	Comandante	Capitán	Teniente	Alférez	'No Equivalent	'No Equivalent
Turkey	Albay	File:TR-Army-OF4.gif Yarbay	File:TR-Army-OF3.gif Binbaşı	File:TR-Army-OF2.gif Yüzbaşı	Üsteğmen	Teğmen	Asteğmen	coming soon
United Kingdom	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant|Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	File:UK-Army-OF1c.gif Officer Designate	File:UK-Army-OF1d.gif Officer Cadet
United States	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Coming soon Officer Candidate	Various Cadet
NATO Code	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D	Student Officer

[edit] Warrant officers (WO5 - 1)

Warrant officers rank below officers and above enlisted servicemen.

Warrant Officer ranks
NATO Rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1
Greece	No equivalent	No equivalent	No equivalent	No equivalent	Anthypaspistis4 regular	Anthypaspistis4 draftee
Italy	Primo Maresciallo Luogotenente	Primo Maresciallo	Maresciallo Capo	Maresciallo Ordinario	Maresciallo
Poland	File:PL-Army-WO5.gif Starszy chorąży sztabowy	File:PL-Army-WO4.gif Chorąży sztabowy	File:PL-Army-WO3.gif Młodszy chorąży sztabowy	File:PL-Army-WO2.gif Starszy chorąży	File:PL-Army-WO1a.gif Chorąży	File:PL-Army-WO1b.gif Młodszy chorąży
Romania	Plutonier Adjutant	Plutonier Major	Plutonier	Warrant Officer 3rd Class	Warrant Officer 4th Class
United States	Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5)	Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)	Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)	Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)	Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
NATO Rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1

• ⁴ 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] See also

• NATO
• Ranks and insignia of NATO
• Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers