Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
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Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Regimental sergeant major of the army | Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Master warrant officer মাস্টার ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার |
Senior warrant officer সিনিয়র ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার |
Warrant officer ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার |
Sergeant সার্জেন্ট |
Corporal কর্পোর্যাল |
Lance corporal ল্যান্স কর্পোর্যাল |
Sainik সৈনিক
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Sergeant Major (Appointment) Sarjan Mejar (Jawatan) |
Warrant Officer 1 Pegawai Waran 1 |
Warrant Officer 2 Pegawai Waran 2 |
Company Sergeant Major | Staff sergeant Staf Sarjan |
Sergeant Sarjan |
Corporal Koperal |
Lance corporal Lans Koperal |
Private (or equivalent)
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Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat Première | Soldat
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Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef des Forces canadiennes |
Command Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef du commandement |
Senior Appointment Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef- nomination supérieure |
Chief warrant officer Adjudant-chef |
Master warrant officer Adjudant-maître |
Warrant officer Adjudant |
Sergeant Sergent |
Master corporal Caporal-chef |
Corporal Caporal |
Private (trained) Soldat (formé) |
Private (basic) Soldat (confirmé)
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Ανθυπασπιστής Anthypaspistís |
Αρχιλοχίας Archilochías |
Επιλοχίας Epilochías |
Λοχίας Lochías |
Έφεδρος Λοχίας Éfedros Lochías |
Δεκανέας Dekanéas |
Υποδεκανέας Ypodekanéas |
Στρατιώτης Stratiótis
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Warrant officer class 2 (Permanent Staff Instructor) |
Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Subedar Major / Risaldar Major | Subedar / Risaldar | Naib Subedar / Naib Risaldar | Havildar | Naik | Lance Naik | Sepoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
सूबेदार मेजर / रिसालदार मेजर | सूबेदार / रिसालदार | नायब सूबेदार / नायब रिसालदार | हवलदार | नायक | लांस नायक | सिपाही | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Pegawai waran I | Pegawai waran II | Staf sarjan | Sarjan | Koperal | Lans koperal | Prebet | Rekrut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private | Recruit
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Senior Sergeant Major | Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Bombadier | Lance Bombadier | Gunner (or equivalent)
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Intendente | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Terceiro-sargento | Cabo | Primeiro soldado
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Army warrant officer | Master warrant officer | Warrant officer | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Subedar-Major/Risaldar-Major صوبیدار میجر/رسالدار میجر۔ |
Subedar/Risaldar صوبیدار/رسالدار |
Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar نائب صوبیدار/نائب رسالدار |
Havildar حوالدار۔ |
Naik نائیک۔ |
Lance Naik لانس نائیک۔ |
Sepoy سپاہی۔
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Warrant officer class 1 ? |
Warrant officer class 2 ? |
Staff sergeant Plag Sajen |
Sergeant Sajen |
Corporal Kopul |
Lance corporal Lans Kopul |
Private Praivet
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Warrant officer I | Warrant officer II | Sergeant major | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Private
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Warrant officer 1 | Warrant officer 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Master sergeant | Staff sergeant | First sergeant | Second sergeant | Third sergeant | Corporal first class | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private first class | Private | Recruit
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class I | Warrant officer class II | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal/ Bombardier |
Lance corporal/ Lance bombardier |
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Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza |
Warrant officer class 2 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili |
Staff sergeant Sajinitaji |
Sergeant Sajenti |
Corporal Koplo |
Lance corporal Koplo Usu |
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff/Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Warrant Officer Class 1 |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Staff Sergeant Staf Sajen |
Sergeant Sajen |
Corporal Kofol |
Lance Corporal | Constable Polis |
Recruit Rikrut
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also[]
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Americas
- Ranks and insignia of NATO armies enlisted
Notes[]
Footnotes[]
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- ^ "Indian Army Rank Badges". indianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Ranks in the Army". Lesotho Defence Force. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Kategori Pangkat". army.mod.gov.my/ (in Malagasy). Malaysian Army. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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- ^ "Pakistan Army Ranks with Salary and Insignia". pakistanforces.com. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "RDF Insignia". mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT. Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. 31 December 2009. pp. 110–111.
- ^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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- ^ "Dress Regulation PDF - Part I" (PDF). army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. January 2019. pp. 10-4–10-11. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Other Ranks". army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009" (PDF). Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary. 5: 151–153. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Rank Chart (Enlisted)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act" (PDF). The Uganda Gazette. Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation. CXII (46): 1851–1854. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Rank structure". army.mod.uk. British Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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