Military ranks of Serbia

Summary

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.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
  Serbian Army[1]
                     
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
Потпоручник
Potporučnik


  Serbian River Flotilla[1]
                             
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
Потпоручник
Potporučnik


  Serbian Air Force and Air Defence[1]
                     
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
Потпоручник
Potporučnik


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Enlisted edit

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
  Serbian Army[1]
                No insignia
Заставник I класе
Zastavnik I klase
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


  Serbian River Flotilla[1]
                No insignia
Заставник I класе
Zastavnik I klase
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
  Serbian Air Force and Air Defence[1]
                No insignia
Заставник I класе
Zastavnik I klase
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


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

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.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
  Royal Serbian Army                            
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
Заставник
Zastavnik
Питомац наредник
Pitomac narednik
Питомац поднаредник
Pitomac podnarednik
Питомац каплар
Pitomac kaplar
Питомац
Pitomac

Enlisted edit

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group Non-commissioned officer Enlisted
  Royal Serbian Army          
Наредник водник
Narednik vodnik
Наредник
Narednik
Поднаредник
Podnarednik
Каплар
Kaplar
Редов
Redov

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ". vs.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Bjelajac 2004, p. 15.
  3. ^ Milićević 2002, p. 41-59.

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 edit

  • "Serbia". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 7 July 2022.