Military ranks of Serbia

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This is a list of ranks used by the Serbian Armed Forces.

Land Forces ranks

Generals

Ranks	General	Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Colonel General	Major General	Brigadier General
Ranks in Serbian	Генерал General	Генерал-Потпуковник General-Potpukovnik	Генерал-Мајор General-Major	Бригадни Генерал Brigadni General

Officers

Ranks	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Ranks in Serbian	Пуковник Pukovnik	Потпуковник Potpukovnik	Мајор Major	Капетан Kapetan	Поручник Poručnik	Потпоручник Potporučnik

NCOs

Ranks	Warrant Officer, 1st class	Warrant Officer	Senior Sergeant 1st class	Senior Sergeant	Sergeant
Ranks in Serbian	Заставник I класе Zastavnik I klase	Заставник Zastavnik	Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase	Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik	Водник Vodnik

Soldiers

Ranks	Junior Sergeant	Corporal	Private
Ranks in Serbian	Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik	Десетар Desetar	Разводник Razvodnik

Air Force and Air Defense ranks

Generals

Ranks	General	Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Colonel General	Major General	Brigadier General
Ranks in Serbian	Генерал General	Генерал-Потпуковник General-Potpukovnik	Генерал-Мајор General-Major	Бригадни Генерал Brigadni General

Officers

Ranks	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Ranks in Serbian	Пуковник Pukovnik	Потпуковник Potpukovnik	Мајор Major	Капетан Kapetan	Поручник Poručnik	Потпоручник Potporučnik

NCOs

Ranks	Warrant Officer, 1st class	Warrant Officer	Senior Sergeant 1st class	Senior Sergeant	Sergeant
Ranks in Serbian	Заставник I класе Zastavnik I klase	Заставник Zastavnik	Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase	Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik	Vodnik

Soldiers

Ranks	Junior Sergeant	Corporal	Private
Ranks in Serbian	Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik	Десетар Desetar	Разводник Razvodnik

River Flotilla ranks

Admirals

Ranks	Admiral	Vice Admiral	Rear Admiral	Commodore
Ranks in Serbian	Адмирал Admiral	Вице Адмирал Vice Admiral	Контра Адмирал Kontra Admiral	Комодрор Komodror

Officers

Ranks	Ship-of-the-Line Captain	Frigate Captain	Corvette Captain	Frigate Lieutenant	Corvette Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Ranks in Serbian	Капетан Бојног Брода Kapetan Bojnog Broda	Капетан Фрегате Kapetan Fregate	Капетан Корвете Kapetan Korvete	Поручник Фрегате Poručnik Fregate	Поручник Корвете Poručnik Korvete	Потпоручник Potporučnik

NCOs

Ranks	Warrant Officer, 1st class	Warrant Officer	Senior Sergeant 1st class	Senior Sergeant	Sergeant
Ranks in Serbian	Заставник I класе Zastavnik I klase	Заставник Zastavnik	Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase	Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik	Водник Vodnik

Soldiers

Ranks	Junior Sergeant	Corporal	Private
Ranks in Serbian	Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik	Десетар Desetar	Разводник Razvodnik

Historical ranks

Generals

Ranks	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General
There are only two ranks in pre-WWI Serbia: general(from 1872)and Vojvoda(from 1900). Four ranks were introduced in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens in 1923, and lasted till 1945.The drawings are incorrect. There were only two types of shoulder cords: with doubleheaded eagle and coat of arms of Kingdom of SHS or Kingdom of Yugoslavia for vojvoda and without for all other general ranks. The different general grades were indicated by 6-pointed stars on the cuffs. Also the backing cloth for the shoulder cords was light blue for army general and general of division and in a colour of service for brigadier general.	Војвода Vojvoda	армијски ђенерал armijski đeneral	дивизијски ђенерал divizijski đeneral	бригадни ђенерал brigadni đeneral

Officers

Ranks	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain, 1st class	Captain, 2nd class	Lieutenant	Sub-Lieutenant|
Ranks in Serbian	Пуковник Pukovnik	Потпуковник Potpukovnik	Мајор Major	Капетан I класе Kapetan I klase	Капетан II класе Kapetan II klase	Поручник Poručnik	Потпоручник Potporučnik

NCOs (Only in SHS and Yugoslavia)

Ranks	Sergeant-Major, 1st class	Sergeant-Major, 2nd class	Sergeant-Major, 3rd class|
Ranks in Serbian	Наредник-Водник I класе Narednik-Vodnik I klase	Наредник-Водник II класе Narednik-Vodnik II klase	Наредник-Водник III класе Narednik-Vodnik III klase

Soldiers

Ranks	Sergeant	Sub-Sergeant	Corporal	Private
Ranks in Serbian	Наредник Narednik	Поднаредник Podnarednik	Каплар Kaplar	Редов Redov

External links

• Serbian Armed Forces official rank structure
• Military ranks of Serbia - uniforminsignia.org