Military ranks of Manchukuo

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
Colour Branch
Black Military police
Red Infantry
Green Cavalry
Yellow Artillery
Brown Engineers
Blue Transport corps
Source: [1]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Rank 總司令
Zǒng sīlìng		 上将
Shàng jiàng		 中将
Zhōng jiàng		 少将
Shào jiàng		 上校
Shàng xiào		 中校
Zhōng xiào		 少校
Shào xiào		 上尉
Shàng wèi		 中尉
Zhōng wèi		 少尉
Shào wèi		 准尉
Zhǔn wèi
 Manchukuo Imperial Army
(1932)[2][3]
 Manchukuo Imperial Army
(1935)[4]
 Manchukuo Imperial Navy[5][6]
Rank 總司令
Zǒng sīlìng		 上将
Shàng jiàng		 中将
Zhōng jiàng		 少将
Shào jiàng		 上校
Shàng xiào		 中校
Zhōng xiào		 少校
Shào xiào		 上尉
Shàng wèi		 中尉
Zhōng wèi		 少尉
Shào wèi		 准尉
Zhǔn wèi
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Rank flags
Rank group General/flag officers
 Manchukuo Imperial Navy[7]
上将
Shàng jiàng		 中将
Zhōng jiàng		 少将
Shào jiàng

Other ranks

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

Rank group NCO's Enlisted
Rank 上士
Shàng shì		 中士
Zhōng shì		 少士
Shǎo shì		 上兵
Shàng bīng		 中兵
Zhōng bīng		 少兵
Shǎo bīng
 Manchukuo Imperial Army[2]
 Manchukuo Imperial Navy
Rank 上士
Shàng shì		 中士
Zhōng shì		 少士
Shǎo shì		 上兵
Shàng bīng		 中兵
Zhōng bīng		 少兵
Shǎo bīng
Rank group NCO's Enlisted

References
Citations
  1. Jowett 2004, pp. 111–113.
  2. Government 1932, p. 117.
  3. Government 1934, p. 145.
  4. Government 1935, pp. 123–124.
  5. Government 1935, pp. 43–44.
  6. Government 1934, p. 152.
  7. OKM 1939, p. 120.
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.
  • "Manchukuo". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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