Military ranks of Slovakia (1939-1945)

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The Military ranks of Slovakia (1939-1945) were the military insignia used by the Slovak Republic 's military and the Hlinka Guard . The Slovak Republic was a landlocked country, and therefore did not possess a navy.

Military ranks [ edit ]

Commissioned officer ranks [ edit ]

The rank insignia of commissioned officers .

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Ground &
Air Force
(1939?1940) [1]
General Plukovnik Podplukovnik Major Stotnik Nadporu?ik Poru?ik
Ground &
Air Force
(1940?1945) [2] [3]
General I. triedy General II. triedy Plukovnik Podplukovnik Major Stotnik Nadporu?ik Poru?ik Vojensky akademik D?stojnicky zastupca
German equivalent [4] Generalleutnant Generalmajor Oberst Oberstleutnant Major Hauptmann Oberleutnant Leutnant
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Other ranks [ edit ]

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

Rank group NCOs Enlisted
Ground &
Air Force
(1939?1940) [5]
Zastavnik Rotnik ?atar Desiatnik Slobodnik Strelnik
Ground &
Air Force
(1940?1945) [6] [3]
Zastavnik Rotnik ?atar Desiatnik Slobodnik Strelnik
German equivalent [4] Oberfeldwebel Feldwebel Unterfeldwebel Obergefreiter Obersoldat Soldat
Rank group NCOs Enlisted

Corps colours [ edit ]

See also: Waffenfarbe
Colour Branch [7]
Purple Generals, staff officers and infantry
Red Artillery and armourers
Yellow Cavalry
Pink Armoured units
Black Medical corps and chaplins
Dark blue Quartermaster
Sky blue Air force
Dark brown Engineers
Cinnamon brown Communications
Light brown Automotive
Violet Judiciary
Light green Cartographic

Paramilitary ranks [ edit ]

Commanders [ edit ]

Rank group Higher commanders Middle commanders Lower commanders
Hlinka Guard [8]
Hlavny velite? Zborovy velite? Velite? divizie Velite? pluku Velite? praporu Velite? skupiny Velite? roty Velite? ?aty

Other ranks [ edit ]

Rank group NCOs Enlisted
Hlinka Guard [9]
?atar Desiatnik Slobodnik Gardista

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , pp. 163?164.
  2. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , pp. 165?166.
  3. ^ a b Littlejohn 1994 , pp. 66?67.
  4. ^ a b Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , p. 201.
  5. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , pp. 161?163.
  6. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , pp. 164?165.
  7. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , p. 197.
  8. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , p. 189.
  9. ^ Kliment & Nakladal 1997 , pp. 188?189.
Sources
  • Kliment, Charles K.; Nakladal, Bretislav (1997). Germany's First Ally: Armed Forces of the Slovak State 1939-1945 . China: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN   0-7643-0589-1 . Retrieved 8 July 2022 .
  • Littlejohn, David (1994). Foreign Legions Of The Third Reich Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). San Jose: Bender Publishing. ISBN   0-912138-29-7 .

External links [ edit ]

  • "Slovakia 1939-1945" . uniforminsignia.org . The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia . Retrieved 8 July 2022 .
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