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, Second, Third, and Fourth Czechoslovak Republic.
Overview
After the independence of Czechoslovakia, 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 by today's Army of the Czech Republic.
Ranks (1918–1919)
Officers
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 Czechoslovak Home Army[1] |
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| Polní zbrojmistr | Polní podmaršálek | Generálmajor | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Setník | Nadporučík | Poručík | Praporčík | Kadet aspirant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
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| Czechoslovak Home Army[1] |
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Ranks (1919–1920)
Officers, officials and cadets
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| Polní zbrojmistr | Polní podmaršálek | Generálmajor | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Setník | Nadporučík | Poručík | Gážista | Praporčík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
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| Důstojnický zástupce |
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Ranks (1920–1929)
Officers
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| Generál | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Štábní kapitán | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | Podporučík | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NCO and enlisted
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| Praporčík | Štábní rotmistr | Rotmistr with 12 years service |
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Note: The different colours of the epaulettes distinguish different corps, for example maroon standing for infantry, red for artillery, green for sappers and engineers, yellow for cavalry, light blue for the air force, etc.[3]
Ranks (1930–1939)
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| Armádní generál | Divisní generál | Brigádní generál | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Štábní kapitán | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | Podporučík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NCOs and enlisted
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Note: The different colours of the epaulettes distinguish different corps, for example maroon standing for infantry, red for artillery, green for sappers and engineers, yellow for cavalry, light blue for the air force, etc.[5]
Ranks (1945–1950)
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NCOs and enlisted
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| Czechoslovak Army (1945–1948) |
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| Štábní praporčík | Praporčík | Štábní rotmistr | Rotmistr | Rotný | Četař | Desátník | Svobodník | Vojín | |
| Czechoslovak Army (1949–1950) |
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Ranks (1951–1959)
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| Vrchní velitel branné moci | Armádní generál | Sborový generál | Divisní generál | Brigádní generál | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Štábní kapitán | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | Podporučík | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vrchní velitel branné moci | Armádní generál | Generálporučík | Generálmajor | Brigádní generál | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | Podporučík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
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Note: The different colour variants of the epaulettes, rank and edging distinguish different corps.[7]
Ranks (1960–1990)
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| Armádní generál | Generálplukovník | Generálporučík | Generálmajor | Plukovník | Podplukovník | Major | Kapitán | Nadporučík | Poručík | Podporučík | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officers, NCOs and enlisted
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See also
- Government Army (Bohemia and Moravia)
- Czech military ranks (current form)