Has nothing to do with Hoi 2 but has all to do with war!

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AS said above this as nothign to do with Hoi2 but I'm a little curious... and this seems like the place to ask because you guys are so knowledged in war stuff... anyway... does anyone know the ranks in an army? plzz post answers! and I would be glad if you sorted them ! Thanx in advance !

 

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Which army? The ranks vary wildly from the UK army to the US Army.

 

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Well, I can give you the American army.

Enlisted:
Private
Private First Class

Non-Commisioned Officers:
Corporal
Sergeants (I forget how it goes, Staff, Technical, Master, Chief Master...?)

Officers:
2nd Lieutenant
1st Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colneol (sp?)
Colneol (sp?)

Generals:
Brigadier is one star
Major is two stars
Lieutenant is three stars
(??) 4 stars
(??) 5 stars (we haven't had a 5 star general since Ike, or was it Marshall?)

The British are similar to the Americans, but they have some other ranks like Lance Corporal (I think the Americans adopted this, I'm not sure)

The German military is similar to the American military. I only know a few ranks, though: Feldwebel is Sergeant, Oberfeldwebel is Lieutenant (I think?), Hauptmann is Captain, Oberst is Colneol, and Field Marshall is Feldmarschall.

 

[Galeno]

Isn't major less then captain?

 

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Major is a rank above captain

 

[Chaplain]

USMC:

Private
PFC
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
First Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Sergeant Major

Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
Lieutenant General
General

 

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Ranks of the Heer

Generalfeldmarschall - General of the army
Generaloberst - General
General der ... - Lt General
Generalleutnant - Major General
Generalmajor - Brigadier General
Oberst - Colonel
Oberstleutnant - Lt Colonel
Major - Major
Hauptmann - Captain
Oberleutnant - 1st Lieutenant
Leutnant - 2d Lieutenant
Stabsfeldwebel - Sergeant Major
Oberfeldwebel - Master sergeant
Feldwebel - Technical sergeant
Unterfeldwebel - Staff sergeant
Unteroffizier - Sergeant
Obergefreiter - Corporal
Gefreiter - Acting corporal
Oberschütze - Private 1st class
Schütze - Private

General der...
General der Artillerie - Artillery
General der Gebirgstruppe - Mountain troops
General der Infanterie - Infantry
General der Kavallerie - Cavalry
General der Nachrichtentruppe - Signals
General der Panzertruppe - Armored
General der Pioniere - Pioneer

Officer candidates
Oberfähnrich - Oberfeldwebel
Fähnrich - Unterfeldwebel
Fehnenjunker-Unteroffizier - Unteroffizier
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter - Gefreiter

 

[kucing]

More information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_rank
You can find a lot more from Google.

OT seem to be a better place to ask this btw.

 

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Thanx a LOT guys!

 

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This one is going to hit the alligator pit, but you were in luck: you had your replies before the thread was dumped.

 

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This one is going to hit the alligator pit, but you were in luck: you had your replies before the thread was dumped.

Useful link with all kinds of data on stuff like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_unit

 

[Van der Gent]

Odd this havent been moved to OT yet..