Ranks of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces
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Ranks of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces shows the military ranks and rank insignia in use by the First Czechoslovak Republic, the Second Czechoslovak Republic, the Third Czechoslovak Republic, and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
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Overview
After the independence of Czechoslovaki, the new republic at first used the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian Army, but from 1920 a system was introduced that was basically similar to the one used presently by today's Army of the Czech Republic. [1]
Rank and file
Non-commissioned officers
- Desátník – Corporal, Senior Airman
- Četař – Sergeant
- Rotný – Staff Sergeant
- Staršina – Platoon Sergeant, Flight sergeant (part of the rank system 1948–1959)
- Rotmistr – Sergeant First Class, Technical Sergeant
- Nadrotmistr – Master Sergeant
- Štábní rotmistr – First Sergeant
Warrant officers
- Podpraporčík – First Warrant Officer
- Praporčík – Warrant officer
- Nadpraporčík – Senior Warrant Officer
- Štábní praporčík – Chief Warrant Officer (abolished 1949)
Officers
- Podporučík – Sub-lieutenant
- Poručík – Second lieutenant
- Nadporučík – First lieutenant
- Kapitán – Captain
- Štábní kapitán – Senior Captain (abolished 1952)
- Major
- Podplukovník – Lieutenant colonel
- Plukovník – Colonel
- Brigádní generál – Brigade General (abolished 1950)
- Divizní generál – Divisional General (abolished 1950)
- Generálmajor – Major General
- Generálporučík – Lieutenant General
- Sborový generál – Corps General (abolished 1950)
- Generálplukovník – Colonel General
- Armádní generál – General of the Army
- Vrchní velitel branné moci - Supreme commander of the Armed Forces (abolished 1959)
Czechoslovak Army 1930-1939
Rank and file, and junior non-commissioned officers
- Rotný
- Četař
- Desátník
- Svobodník
- Vojín
Source:[1]
Senior non-commissioned officers
File:Hodnosti rotmajstrov česko-slovenskej armády do roku 1939.jpg
[2] The senior non-commissioned officers received new rank insignia 1938. The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.:
- Ranks 1930-1937
- Praporčík
- Štábní rotmistr
- Rotmistr
- Ranks 1938-1939
- Štábní praporčík
- Praporčík
- Štábní rotmistr
- Rotmistr
Source:[1]
Commissioned officers
File:Hodnosti dostojníkov cesko-slovenskej armady do roku 1939.jpg
[2] The different ranks of the general officers were denoted by two to four stars on the sleeve.The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Armádní generál
- Divisní generál
- Brigádní generál
- Plukovník
- Podplukovník
- Major
- Štábní kapitán
- Kapitán
- Nadporučík
- Poručík
- Podporučík
Source:[1]
Czechoslovak Army 1945-1950
Rank and file, and junior non-commissioned officers
File:Hodnostne oznacenie poddostojnikov11.jpg
Source: [3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Četař
- Desátník
- Svobodník
- Vojín
Source:[1]
Senior non-commissioned officers
File:Hodnostne oznacenie praporcikov v rokoch 1945 az 1950.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Štábní praporčík
- Praporčík
- Štábní rotmistr
- Rotmistr
- Staršina (introduced 1949)
- Rotný
Source:[1]
Company and field grade officers
File:Hodnostne oznacenie dostojnikov.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Plukovník
- Podplukovník
- Major
- Štábní kapitán
- Kapitán
- Nadporučík
- Poručík
- Podporučík
Source:[1]
General officers
File:Hodnostne oznacenie generalov 1945a.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Ranks 1945-1948
- Armádní generál
- Divisní generál
- Brigádní generál
- Ranks 1948-1950
- Armádní generál
- Sborový generál
- Divisní generál
- Brigádní generál
Source:[1]
Czechoslovak Army 1951-1958
Rank and file, and junior non-commissioned officers
File:Vojenske hodnosti muzstva a poddostojnkov CSA 1951-58.jpg
Source: [3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Četař
- Desátník
- Svobodník
- Vojín
Source:[1]
Senior non-commissioned officers, and officer cadets
File:Vojenske hodnosti rotnych CSA 1951-58.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Staršina
- Rotný
Source:[1]
Company and field grade officers
File:Vojenské hodnosti dôstojníkov CSA 1951-1958.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Plukovník
- Podplukovník
- Major
- Štábní kapitán (abolished 1953-1954)
- Kapitán
- Nadporučík
- Poručík
- Podporučík
Source:[1]
General officers
File:Vojenske hodnostni generalov Cesko Slovenska 1951.jpg
[3] The rank titles in the image are in Slovak.
- Ranks 1951-1952
- Armádní generál
- Sborový generál
- Divisní generál
- Brigádní generál
- Ranks 1953-1958
- Vrchní velitel branné moci (abolished 1958)
- Armádní generál
- Generálplukovník
- Generálporučík
- Generálmajor
Source:[1]
Czechoslovak People's Army 1960-1990
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 rank |
OR2 | OR4 | OR5 | OR6 | OR7 | OR8 | WO1 | WO2 | WO3 | OF1c | OF1b | OF1a | OF2 | OF3 | OF4 | OF5 | OF6 | OF7 | OF8 | OF9 |
| Source: [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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- Officers
- OF9 Armádní generál
- OF8 Generálplukovník
- OF7 Generálporučík
- OF6 Generálmajor
- OF5 Plukovník
- OF4 Podplukovník
- OF3 Major
- OF2 Kapitán
- OF1a Nadporučík
- OF1b Poručík
- OF1c Podporučík
- Warrant officers and other ranks
- WO3 Nadpraporčík
- WO2 Praporčík
- WO1 Podpraporčík
- OR8 Nadrotmistr
- OR7 Rotmistr
- OR6 Rotný
- OR5 Četař
- OR4 Desátník
- OR2 Svobodník
- OR1 Vojín
Source:[1]
Notes
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "Hodnosti ozbrojených sil [1918-1992." Valka. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Czechoslovakia 1918-1939 (Republic)." International Encyclopedia of Rank Insignia of the World. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Czechoslovakia 1945-1960 (Republic)." International Encyclopedia of Rank Insignia of the World. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ↑ "Czechoslovakia 1960-1989 (Socialist Republic)." International Encyclopedia of Rank Insignia of the World. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
