The Military ranks of Socialist Yugoslavia are the military insignia used by the Yugoslav People's Army.
Ranks (1945–1946) Officers The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Yugoslav Army
Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Yugoslav Army No insignia
Ranks (1946–1953) Officers The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Before the introduction of the rank of Kapetan prve klase on April 6, 1952, according to an official handbook of the JA from 1948, the number of stars used by the junior officer ranks were as follows:
-Zastavnik: one star
-Potporučnik: two stars
-Poručnik: three stars
-Kapetan: four stars
After the rank of Kapetan prve klase was introduced, the rank of Zastavnik was abolished as a junior officer rank, and became the most senior NCO rank, using no stars as its rank insignia.
Yugoslav Ground Forces — — Yugoslav Air Force People's Defence Corps of Yugoslavia
Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Yugoslav Ground Forces Yugoslav Air Force People's Defence Corps of Yugoslavia
Ranks (1953–1982) This table shows the rank structure in use by Yugoslav People's Army from 1953 to 1982.
Officers The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Yugoslav Ground Forces Yugoslav Air Force Maršal Jugoslavije
Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Rank group NCOs Enlisted Yugoslav Ground Forces Yugoslav Air Force Rank group NCOs Enlisted
Ranks (1982–1992) Officers The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Rank group NCOs Enlisted Yugoslav Ground Forces Yugoslav Air Force Rank group NCOs Enlisted In 1988, wartime insignia for Members of the Presidency were instituted (effective January 1st, 1989)Naredba o ratnoj vojnoj uniformi članova Presedništva SFRJ (Službeni vojni list, br. 3/88), transl. Order on the wartime military uniform of the members of the Presidency of the SFRY (Official Military Gazette, No. 3/88)Chapter VII, Section IV "Military uniform of the members of the Presidency of the SFRY", Article 221 of the Military Uniforms Regulation of the Armed Forces of the SFRY as published in the Official Military Gazette, No. 828/1988. for wear in their collective capacity as supreme commander-in-chief,Articles 313 and 328 of the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution but were never used. Rank group Supreme Command Yugoslav People's Army Članovi Predsedništva
See also Military ranks of Serbia and Montenegro Military ranks of Serbia Croatian military ranks Military ranks and insignia of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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