Military ranks of Serbia
The Military ranks of Serbia are the military insignia used by the current Serbian Armed Forces and historical Royal Serbian Army.
Ranks of the Serbian Armed Forces
[edit]Note: Serbian River Flotilla is a brigade-level brown water naval branch of the Serbian Armed Forces, subordinated to the Serbian Army.
Officers
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Генерал General |
Генерал-потпуковник General-potpukovnik |
Генерал-мајор General-major |
Бригадни генерал Brigadni general |
Пуковник Pukovnik |
Потпуковник Potpukovnik |
Мајор Major |
Капетан прве класе Kapetan prve klase |
Капетан Kapetan |
Поручник Poručnik |
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| Адмирал Admiral |
Вицеадмирал Vitseadmiral |
Контраадмирал Kontraadmiral |
Комодор Komodor |
Капетан бојног брода Kapetan bojnog broda |
Капетан фрегате Kapetan fregate |
Капетан корвете Kapetan korvete |
Поручник бојног брода Poručnik bojnog broda |
Поручник фрегате Poručnik fregate |
Поручник корвете Poručnik korvete |
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 Serbian Air Force and Air Defence[1] |
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| Генерал General |
Генерал-потпуковник General-potpukovnik |
Генерал-мајор General-major |
Бригадни генерал Brigadni general |
Пуковник Pukovnik |
Потпуковник Potpukovnik |
Мајор Major |
Капетан прве класе Kapetan prve klase |
Капетан Kapetan |
Поручник Poručnik |
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Enlisted
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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| Serbian Army[1] |
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Заставник Zastavnik |
Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase |
Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik |
Водник Vodnik |
Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik |
Десетар Desetar |
Разводник Razvodnik |
Војник Vojnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Заставник Zastavnik |
Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase |
Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik |
Водник Vodnik |
Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik |
Десетар Desetar |
Разводник Razvodnik |
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| Serbian Air Force and Air Defence[1] |
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Заставник Zastavnik |
Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase |
Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik |
Водник Vodnik |
Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik |
Десетар Desetar |
Разводник Razvodnik |
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Ranks of the Royal Serbian Army
[edit]Following the unification of the Kingdom of Serbia into Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the ranks were replaced with the military ranks of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Officers
[edit]There were only three general ranks in Royal Serbian Army: General (from 1872), Army General (from 1900 to 1901) and Vojvoda (from 1901). There were only two types of shoulder cords: with double-headed eagle (from the coat of arms) 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 (honorary rank from 1900 to 1901) and divisional generals and in a colour of service for brigadier general.[2] During the Middle Ages, the Vojvoda was a military commander rank and a noble titule. In the Balkan Wars and World War I this title was used to designate the highest military rank in the Royal Serbian Army (equivalent of the Field Marshal in other armies). This rank was introduced by the 1901 Law on the Organization of the Army and has been awarded only during the war for "special merits of top-ranking generals". The first Vojvoda was promoted by the Great Military Decree of the Kingdom of Serbia on 20 October 1912. Only four people ever officially held that military rank: Radomir Putnik (1912), Stepa Stepanović (1914), Živojin Mišić (1914) and Petar Bojović (1918).[3]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Војвода Vojvoda |
Ђенерал Đeneral |
Пуковник Pukovnik |
Потпуковник Potpukovnik |
Мајор Major |
Капетан I класе Kapetan I klase |
Капетан II класе Kapetan II klase |
Поручник Poručnik |
Потпоручник Potporučnik |
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Student officer ranks
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| Питомац наредник Pitomac narednik |
Питомац поднаредник Pitomac podnarednik |
Питомац каплар Pitomac kaplar |
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Enlisted
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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| Наредник водник Narednik vodnik |
Наредник Narednik |
Поднаредник Podnarednik |
Каплар Kaplar |
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See also
[edit]- Military ranks of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Military ranks of Socialist Yugoslavia
- Military ranks of Serbia and Montenegro
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ". vs.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Bjelajac 2004, p. 15.
- ^ Milićević 2002, p. 41-59.
- ^ Thomas, Nigel; Babac, Dusan (2001). Armies in the Balkans 1914–18. Men-at-Arms. Osprey Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1841761947.
Sources
[edit]- Milićević, Milić (2002). Reforma Vojske Srbije: 1897—1900. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. ISBN 86-335-0112-0.
- Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918—1941. Belgrade: Institut za novu istoriju Srbije. ISBN 86-7005-039-0.
External links
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- "Serbia". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
