Do all armies have the same rank structure?

Last Updated: 22.06.2025 00:45

x Junior Lieutenant (platoon leader)

((>>> Company Sergeant (company quartermaster)

X Major (battalion leader)

# General Major (brigade leader)

xxx Captain (company leader)

##### Army General (theatre leader)

>>> Sergeant (platoon vice leader)

>> Corporal (squad leader)

#### Colonel General (army group leader)

> Lance Corporal (squad vice leader)

####### Generalissimus (overall supreme commander)

Basically yes.

## General Lieutenant (division leader)

### General (corps leader)

(>>> Staff Sergeant (platoon leader or company quartermaster)

###### Field Marshal (commander of the military branch)

XX Lieutenant Colonel (battalion leader or regiment vice leader)

xx Lieutenant (platoon leader or company vice leader)

Private (does all the menial work)

XXX Colonel (regiment leader