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| Red Army from 1940 | Deutsche Heer | Waffen-SS | US Army | British Army | Polish Army |
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| Generalissimus1 | -- | Reichsfuhrer-SS | -- | -- | -- |
| Marshal Sovetskogo Souza | Generalfeldmarchall | SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer | General of the Army | Field Marshal | Marszalek |
| Glavniy Marshal2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Marshal:3 |
Generaloberst | SS-Obergruppenfuhrer | -- | -- | -- |
| General Armii | General: |
SS-Gruppenfuhrer | General | General | General Broni |
| General-polkovnik | Generalleutnant | SS-Brigadefuhrer | Lieutenant General | Lieutenant-General | -- |
| General-leitenant | Generalmajor | SS-Oberfuhrer | Major General | Major General | General Dywizji |
| General-major | -- | -- | Brigadier General | Brigadier | General Brygady |
| Polkovnik | Oberst | SS-Standartenfuhrer | Colonel | Colonel | Pulkownik |
| Podpolkovnik | Oberstleutnant | SS-Oberststurmbannfuhrer | Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Podpulkownik |
| Major | Major | SS-Sturmbannfuhrer | Major | Major | Major |
| -- | Rittmeister (cav) | -- | -- | -- | Rotmistrz |
| Kapitan | Hauptmann | SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer | Captain | Captain | Kapitan |
| Starshiy Leitenant | Oberleutnant | SS-Oberststurmfuhrer | 1st Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Porucznik |
| Leitenant | Leutnant | SS-Untersturmfuhrer | 2nd Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant | Podporucznik |
| Mladshiy leitenant | Stabsfeldwebel | SS-Sturmscharfuhrer | Sergeant Major4 | Warrant Officer 1 | Aspirant |
| -- | Oberfahnrich | SS-Standarten-Oberjunker | -- | -- | -- |
| Starshina | Oberfeldwebel | SS-Hauptscharfuhrer | Master Sergeant5 | Warrant Officer 2 | Chorazy |
| Starshiy serzhant | Feldwebel | SS-Oberscharfuhrer | Technical Sergeant | -- | Starszy Ogniomistrz (art) Starszy Wachmistrz (cav) |
| -- | Fahnrich | SS-Standartenjunker | -- | -- | -- |
| Serzhant | Unterfeldwebel | SS-Scharfuhrer | Staff Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Starszy Sierzant |
| Mladshiy serzhant | Unteroffizer | SS-Unterscharfuhrer | Sergeant | -- | Ogniomistrz (art) Wachmistrz (cav) Sierzant |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Plutonowy |
| Efreitor | Obergefreiter | SS-Rottenfuhrer | Corporal | Corporal | Kapral |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Starszy Grenadier Bombardier Starszy Saper Starszy Ulan Starszy Dragon Starszy Strzelec Starszy Szeregowiec |
| -- | Gefreiter | SS-Sturmmann | -- | -- | Grenadier |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Kanonier Saper Ulan Dragon |
| -- | Oberschutze | SS-Oberschutze | Private 1st Class | -- | Strzelec |
| Krasnoarmeets/ Ryadovoy |
Schutze | SS-Schutze | Private | Private | Szeregowiec |
1 Generallisimus rank has been used in whole Russian/Soviet history only twice. First it was used before Bolshevik's regime and archieved by Alexander Suvorov, Prince Braunshveigs and Alexaned Menshikov. Then it was accepted again from June 26, 1945, and achieved by Josef Stalin.
2 Was accepted in October 1943
3 Was accepted in January 1943
4 Same as FIRST SGT only on Battalion (Btn Sgt Maj) or Division (Div Sgt Maj) level. The Division level is top.
5 Usually an administrative position. i.e. legal, quarter-master etc.
There weren't any ranks in the Red Army. All officers were divided by their duties:
In 1924 all high commanders were divided on 14 categories and badges of ranks were applied for the first time: "cubes", "ties" and "rhombs".
Personal military ranks were accepted from September 22, 1935 under the order NKO #144.
| Junior and average commanders | ||||||
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| Combat officers | Technical officers | Comissary and economical officers |
Medical officers | Juridical officers | Political officers | Badges of ranks |
| Leitenant | Technik vtorogo ranga | Technik-intendant vtorogo ranga | Voenniy feldsher | Mladshiy voenniy jurist | * Mladshiy politruk | two "cubes" |
| Starshiy leitenant | Technik pervogo ranga | Technik-intendant pervogo ranga | Starshiy voenniy feldsher | Voenniy jurist | Politruk | three "cubes" |
| Kapitan | Voenniy ingener tret'ego ranga | Intendant tret'ego ranga | Voenniy vrach tret'ego ranga | Voenniy jurist tret'ego ranga | Starshiy politruk | one "tie" |
| Major | Voenniy ingener vtorogo ranga | Intendant vtorogo ranga | Voenniy vrach vtorogo ranga | Voenniy jurist vtorogo ranga | Batalionniy komissar | two "ties" |
| Polkovnik | Voenniy ingener pervogo ranga | Intendant pervogo ranga | Voenniy vrach pervogo ranga | Voenniy jurist pervogo ranga | Polkovoy komissar | three "ties" |
* Accepted from 5.8.1937
| High Command | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat officers | Technical officers | Comissary and economical officers |
Medical officers | Juridical officers | Political officers | Badges of ranks |
| Kombrig | Brigadniy armingeneer | Brigadniy armintendant | Brigadniy armvoenvrach | Brigadniy armvoenjurist | Brigadniy komissar | one "rhomb" |
| Komdiv | Divizionniy armingeneer | Divizionniy armintendant | Divizionniy armvoenvrach | Divizionniy armvoenjurist | Divizionniy komissar | two "rhombs" |
| Komkor | Korpusnoy armingeneer | Korpusnoy armintendant | Korpusnoy armvoenvrach | Korpusnoy armvoenjurist | Korpusnoy komissar | three "rhombs" |
| Comandarm vtorogo ranga | Armeisky armingeneer | Armeisky armintendant | Armeisky armvoenvrach | Armeisky armvoenjurist | Armeisky komissar | four "rhombs" |
| Comandarm pervogo ranga | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | four "rhombs" and one star |
| *Marshal Sovetskogo Souza | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | one star |
* When accepted, there were five persons who were ranked: Blukher, Budenniy, Egorov, Tukhachevsky and Voroshilov
On August 5, 1937, some additional ranks were accepted (one "cube"):
On September 1, 1939, some additional ranks were accepted (three "ties"):
From this year all former Polkovniks and Polkovoy Komissars received one additional "tie" (four "ties" total)
On May 7, 1940, there were accepted:
| High Command | ||
|---|---|---|
| New ranks | Old ranks | New badges of ranks |
| General-major | Komdiv | Two stars |
| General-leitenant | Komkor | three stars |
| General-polkovnik | Komandarm vtorogo ranga | four stars |
| General armii | Komandarm pervogo ranga | Five stars |
The Kombrig rank was missed, so all persons who were ranked as Kombrig were either re-attested and received the General-major rank, or received the Polkovnik rank.
In November 1940, some additional ranks were accepted for soldiers and non-comissioned officers:
| New ranks | New badges of ranks |
|---|---|
| Efreitor | One triangle |
| Mladshiy serzhant | One triangle |
| Serzhant | Two triangles |
| Starshiy serzhant | Three triangles |
| Starshina | Four triangles |
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In January 1943, the existing rank system was altered: policic officers received common military ranks; instead buttonholes the shoulder straps were accepted. Besides, some attitional HQ ranks were accepted:
Marshal Aviatsii
Marshal Artillerii
Marshal Voisk Svyazi
Marshal Ingineernikh Voisk
In October 1943, more HQ ranks were accepted:
Glavniy Marshal Aviatsii
Glavniy Marshal Artillerii
Glavniy Marshal bronetankovikh Voisk
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