Military ranks of Manchukuo
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The military ranks of Manchukuo were the military insignia used by the Manchukuo Imperial Army, the Manchukuo Imperial Navy, and the Manchukuo Imperial Air Force during its existence, from its founding in 1932 until the Soviet invasion in 1945.
Corps colours
[edit]| Colour | Branch | |
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| Black | Military police | |
| Red | Infantry | |
| Green | Cavalry | |
| Yellow | Artillery | |
| Brown | Engineers | |
| Blue | Transport corps | |
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Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Chinese | 總司令 | 上将 | 中将 | 少将 | 上校 | 中校 | 少校 | 上尉 | 中尉 | 少尉 | 准尉 | |||||||||||||
| Pinyin | Zǒngsīlìng | Shàngjiàng | Zhōngjiàng | Shàojiàng | Shàngxiào | Zhōngxiào | Shàoxiào | Shàngwèi | Zhōngwèi | Shàowèi | Zhǔnwèi | |||||||||||||
| Literal translation | Overall control command | Upper commander | Middle commander | Lower commander | Senior field officer | Middle field officer | Junior field officer | Upper officer | Middle officer | Lower officer | Allow officer | |||||||||||||
 Manchukuo Imperial Army(1932)[2][3] |
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| Rank | 總司令 Zǒngsīlìng |
上将 Shàngjiàng |
中将 Zhōngjiàng |
少将 Shàojiàng |
上校 Shàngxiào |
中校 Zhōngxiào |
少校 Shàoxiào |
上尉 Shàngwèi |
中尉 Zhōngwèi |
少尉 Shàowèi |
准尉 Zhǔnwèi | |||||||||||||
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rank flags
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| Manchukuo Imperial Navy[7]
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| 上将 Shàngjiàng |
中将 Zhōngjiàng |
少将 Shàojiàng | ||
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | NCO's | Enlisted | ||||
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| Rank | 上士 Shàngshì |
中士 Zhōngshì |
少士 Shǎoshì |
上兵 Shàngbīng |
中兵 Zhōngbīng |
少兵 Shǎobīng |
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| Rank | 上士 Shàngshì |
中士 Zhōngshì |
少士 Shǎoshì |
上兵 Shàngbīng |
中兵 Zhōngbīng |
少兵 Shǎobīng |
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References
[edit]- Citations
- ^ Jowett 2004, pp. 111–113.
- ^ a b Government 1932, p. 117.
- ^ Government 1934, p. 145.
- ^ Government 1935, pp. 123–124.
- ^ Government 1935, pp. 43–44, 49–50.
- ^ Government 1934, p. 152.
- ^ OKM 1939, p. 120.
- ^ Government 1935, p. 52.
- Bibliography
- Jowett, Philip (2004). Rays of the Rising Sun, Volume 1: Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, China and Manchukuo. Helion and Company Ltd. ISBN 1-874622-21-3.
- Oberkommando der Marine (1992) [1939]. Flaggenbuch (in German). Berlin: Druck und verlag der reichsdruckerei.
- Manshū-koku seifu kōhō-bi-yaku 満州国政府公報日訳 [Manchurian Government Daily Gazette Translation (No. 71-No. 82)] (in Japanese). December 1932. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- Manshū-koku seifu kōhō-bi-yaku 満州国政府公報日訳 [Manchurian Government Daily Gazette Translation (No. 227-No. 250)] (in Japanese). December 1934. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- Manshū-koku seifu kōhō-bi-yaku 満州国政府公報日訳 [Manchurian Government Daily Gazette Translation (No. 292-No. 313)] (in Japanese). March 1935. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- Manshū-koku seifu kōhō-bi-yaku 満州国政府公報日訳 [Manchurian Government Daily Gazette Translation (No. 924-No. 949)] (in Japanese). May 1937. pp. 152–164. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Manchukuo". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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