The military ranks of Hungary are the military insignia used by the Hungarian Defence Forces. The Land Forces and Air Force ranks are the same, as the Hungarian Defense Forces are an integrated service. Hungary is a landlocked country and possess only a brown water River Guard.
Branch colours
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| Carmine | Logistics; Cartographer; Legal and administrative; Medical; Movement Control | |
| Scarlet | General officers; Artillery; Air defence artillery; Air defence locator; Musician; Military Police | |
| Cornflower blue | Signal; IT; Information protection; Electronic warfare; Electronic reconnaissance | |
| Black | Armour; Chaplain | |
| Steel green | Technical; Chemical protection; Financial | |
| Light blue | Air Force General officers; Air Force Aviator; Air Force flight officer; Air Force flight crew; Air Force Air defence artillery; Air Force Air defence locator; Air Force technician | |
| Rifle green | Infantry | |
| White | Reconnaissance; Special Operations | |
| Dark blue | River Flotilla | |
Commissioned officer ranks
editThe rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vezérezredes | Altábornagy | Vezérőrnagy | Dandártábornok | Ezredes | Alezredes | Őrnagy | Százados | Főhadnagy | Hadnagy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ezredes | Alezredes | Őrnagy | Százados | Főhadnagy | Hadnagy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal translation | Leading regimental commander | Vice field marshal | Leading guard-major | Brigade-general | Regiment (leader) | Junior regiment (leader) | Guard-major | Squadron (leader) | Chief military-major | Military-major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official translation[2] | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
editThe rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Főtörzszászlós | Törzszászlós | Zászlós | Főtörzsőrmester | Törzsőrmester | Őrmester | Szakaszvezető | Tizedes | Őrvezető | Közkatona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Literal translation | Chief staff flagbearer | Staff flagbearer | Flagbearer | Chief staff guard-master | Staff guard-master | Guard-master | Platoon-leader | Squad (leader) | Guard-leader | Common soldier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official translation[2] | Chief warrant officer | Senior warrant officer | Warrant officer | Sergeant first class | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Private first class | Private (PV2) | Private (PV1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "9/2005. (III. 30.) HM rendelet a Magyar Honvédség Öltözködési Szabályzatának kiadásáról". njt.hu/ (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Legal Repository. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d Andrea, Kánya (6 May 2009). "A gallér és az ötágú csillag". honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Defence Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
External links
edit- "Rendfokozatok". Ministry of Defence (Hungary). 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- "Hungary". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 14 September 2021.