Military ranks of Serbia

The Military ranks of Serbia are the military insignia used by the Serbian Armed Forces.

Current ranks of the Serbian Armed Forces

Note: Serbian River Flotilla is a brigade-level brown water naval branch of the Serbian Armed Forces, subordinated to the Serbian Army.

Officers

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

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

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

Rank group	Senior NCOs					Junior NCOs		Enlisted
Serbian Army[1]									No insignia
Serbian Army[1]	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
Serbian River Flotilla[1]	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
Serbian Air Force and Air Defence[1]	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

Historical ranks

Following the unification of the Kingdom of Serbia into Kingdom SHS (later Kingdom Yugoslavia), the ranks were replaced with the Military ranks of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Commissioned officer ranks

There were only three general ranks in Serbian Royal Army: General (from 1872), Army General (from 1900 to 1901) and Vojvoda (from 1901). Four general ranks were used in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1923, and lasted until 1945. There were only two types of shoulder cords: with double-headed eagle and coat of arms of Kingdom of SHS or Kingdom of Yugoslavia 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 (was honorary rank in the period from 1900–1901) 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 Serbian Army and later Royal Yugoslav Army (above the General - as equivalent of Field Marshal in other armies). This rank was introduced by the law on the Organization of the Army Kingdom of Serbia in 1901. It has been awarded only during the war for: special merits of top 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 (got it in 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
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

Other ranks

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

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

References

"ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ". vs.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
Bjelajac 2004, p. 15.
Milićević 2002, p. 41-59.

Sources

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

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

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[Serbia-1] "ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ". vs.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[FOOTNOTEBjelajac200415-2] Bjelajac 2004, p. 15.

[FOOTNOTEMilićević200241-59-3] Milićević 2002, p. 41-59.