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Rank comparison chart of armies and land forces of Asian states.
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | No rank structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armenian Ground Forces [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Բանակի գեներալ Banaki general | գեներալ-գնդապետ General-gndapet | գեներալ-լեյտենանտ General-leytenant | գեներալ-մայոր General-mayor | գնդապետ Gndapet | փոխգնդապետ P’vokhgndapet | մայոր Mayor | կապիտան Kapitan | ավագ լեյտենանտ Avag leytenant | լեյտենանտ Leytenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijani Land Forces [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordu generalı | General-polkovnik | General-leytenant | General-mayor | Polkovnik | Polkovnik-leytenant | Mayor | Kapitan | Baş leytenant | Leytenant | Kiçik leytenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bahraini Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh Army [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
জেনারেল Jēnārēl | লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল Lēphṭēnānṭ jēnārēl | মেজর জেনারেল Mējar jēnārēl | ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল Brigēḍiẏār jēnārēl | কর্নেল Karnēl | লেফটেন্যান্ট কর্নেল Lēphṭēnānṭ karnēl | মেজর Mējar | ক্যাপ্টেন Kaepṭēn | লেফটেন্যান্ট Lēphṭēnānṭ | সেকেন্ড লেফটেন্যান্ট Sēkēnḍ lēphṭēnānṭ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bhutan Army [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ ། Gung blon gong ma | གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ ། Gung blon 'og ma | མདོ་ འཛིན ། Mdo 'dzin | དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ ། Dmag srid gong ma | དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ ། Dmag srid 'og ma | ལིང་ དཔོན ། Ling dpon | སྤྱི་ དཔོན ། Spyi dpon | སྡེ་ གོང་ ། Sde gong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Brunei Land Force [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fil marsyal | Jeneral | Leftenan jeneral | Mejar jeneral | Brigedier jeneral | Kolonel | Leftenan kolonel | Mejar | Kapten | Leftenan | Leftenan muda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Cambodian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
នាយឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ផុតលេខ Néay ŭtdâmôséniy phŏt lékh | នាយឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ Néay ŭtdâmôséniy | ឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ឯក Ŭtdâmôséniy êk | ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ Ŭtdâmôséniy toŭ | ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ŭtdâmôséniy trei | វរសេនីយ៍ឯក Vôrôséniy êk | វរសេនីយ៍ទោ Vôrôséniy toŭ | វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី Vôrôséniy trei | អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក Ânŭséniy êk | អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ Ânŭséniy toŭ | អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ânŭséniy trei | នាយចំណង់ Néay châmnáng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
PLA Ground Force [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
上将 Shàngjiāng | 中将 Zhōngjiāng | 少将 Shàojiāng | 大校 Dàxiào | 上校 Shàngxiào | 中校 Zhōngxiào | 少校 Shàoxiào | 上尉 Shàngwèi | 中尉 Zhōngwèi | 少尉 Shàowèi | 学员 Xuéyuán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of China Army [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
一級上將 It-kip siōng-chiòng | 二級上將 Jī-kip siōng-chiòng | 中將 Tiong-chiòng | 少將 Siáu-chiòng | 上校 Siōng-hāu | 中校 Tiong-hāu | 少校 Siáu-hāu | 上尉 Siōng-ùi | 中尉 Tiong-ùi | 少尉 Siáu-ùi | 軍校生 Jūnxiào shēng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Army [8] | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field marshal फील्ड मार्शल | General जनरल | Lieutenant general लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल | Major general मेजर जनरल | Brigadier ब्रिगेडियर | Colonel कर्नल | Lieutenant colonel लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल | Major मेजर | Captain कैप्टन | Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian Army [9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jenderal besar | Jenderal | Letnan jenderal | Mayor jenderal | Brigadir jenderal | Kolonel | Letnan kolonel | Mayor | Kapten | Letnan satu | Letnan dua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iranian Ground Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ارتشبد Arteshbod | سپهبد Sepahbod | سرلشکر Sarlashkar | سرتیپ Sartip | سرتیپ دوم Sartip dovom | سرهنگ Sarhang | سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dovom | سرگرد Sargord | سروان Sarvān | ستوان یکم Sotvān yekom | ستوان دوم Sotvān dovom | ستوان سوم Sotvān sevom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Second brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Third lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iraqi Ground Forces [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Israeli Ground Forces [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
רב-אלוף Rav aluf | אלוף Aluf | תת-אלוף Tat aluf | אלוף משנה Aluf mishne | סגן-אלוף Sgan aluf | רב סרן Rav seren | סרן Seren | סגן Segen | סגן-משנה Segen mishne | קצין אקדמאי בכיר Katzín akademai bakhír | קצין מקצועי אקדמאי Katzín miktsoí akademai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō | 陸将 Rikushō | 陸将補 Rikushō-ho | 1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa | 2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa | 3等陸佐 Santō rikusa | 1等陸尉 Ittō rikui | 2等陸尉 Nitō rikui | 3等陸尉 Santō rikui | 准陸尉 Jun rikui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Jordanian Army [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | تلميذ مرشح Tilmidh murashah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kazakh Ground Forces [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ | Армия генералы Armïya generalı | Генерал-Полҝвниҝ General-polkovnïk | Генерал-лейтенант General-leytenant | Генерал-майор General-mayor | Полковник Polkovnïk | Подполковник Podpolkovnïk | Майор Mayor | Капитан Kapïtan | Аға лейтенант Ağa leytenant | Лейтенант Leytenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean People's Army Ground Force [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
인민군원수 Inmingun-wonsu | 차수 Chasu | 대장 Daejang | 상장 Sangjang | 중장 Chungjang | 소장 Sojang | 대좌 Daechwa | 상좌 Sangjwa | 중좌 Chungjwa | 소좌 Sojwa | 대위 Taewi | 상위 Sangwi | 중위 Chungwi | 소위 Sowi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Korea Army [16] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
원수 Wonsu | 대장 Daejang | 중장 Jungjang | 소장 Sojang | 준장 Junjang | 대령 Daeryeong | 중령 Jungnyeong | 소령 Soryeong | 대위 Daewi | 중위 Jungwi | 소위 Sowi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kuwait Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyrgyz Army [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Генерал-майор General-mayor | Полковник Polkovnik | Подполковник Podpolkovnik | Майор Mayor | Капитан Kapitan | Улук лейтенант Uluk leytenant | Лейтенант Leytenant | Кенже лейтенант Kenje leytenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lao People's Army [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ພົນເອກ Phonoek | ພົນໂທ Phonoth | ພົນຕີ Phon ti | ພົນຈັດຕະວາ Phonchadtauaa | ພັນເອກ Phanoek | ພັນໂທ Phanoth | ພັນຕີ Phan ti | ຮ້ອຍເອກ Honyoek | ຮ້ອຍໂທ Hony oth | ຮ້ອຍຕີ Hony ti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lebanese Ground Forces [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
عماد Eimad | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malaysian Army [20] | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fil marsyal | Jeneral | Leftenan jeneral | Mejar jeneral | Brigedier jeneral | Kolonel | Leftenan kolonel | Mejar | Kapten | Leftenan | Leftenan muda | Pegawai kadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maldives Marine Corps [21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ޖެނެރަލް Jeneral | ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ޖެނެރަލް Leftinant jeneral | މޭޖަރ ޖެނެރަލް Meyjar jeneral | ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް Brigeydiar jeneral | ކާނަލް Kaanal | ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް Leftinant kaanal | މޭޖަރ Meyjar | ކެޕްޓަން Keptan | ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Fast leftinant | ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Leftinant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mongolian Ground Force [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Генерал Gyenyeral | Дэслэгч генерал Deslegch gyenyeral | Хошууч генерал Khoshuuch gyenyeral | Бригадын генерал Brigadyn gyenyeral | Хурандаа Khurandaa | Дэд хурандаа Ded khurandaa | Хошууч Khoshuuch | Ахмад Akhmad | Ахлах дэслэгч Akhmad deslegch | Дэслэгч Deslegch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Myanmar Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး Builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး Dutiya builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ | ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Builʻkhyupʻkrīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Dutiya builʻkhyupʻkrīʺ | ဗိုလ်ချုပ် Builʻkhyupʻ | ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် Builʻmhūʺkhyupʻ | ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Builʻmhūʺkrīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Dutiya builʻmhūʺkrīʺ | ဗိုလ်မှူး Builʻmhūʺ | ဗိုလ်ကြီး Builʻkrīʺ | ဗိုလ် Builʻ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် Dutiyabuilʻ | ဗိုလ်လောင်း Builʻloṅʻʺ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nepali Army [23] | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
महारथी (प्रधानसेनापती) Mahārathī (pradhānasēnāpatī) | रथी Rathī | उपरथी Uparathī | सहायक रथी Sahaayak rathee | महासेनानी Mahāsēnānī | प्रमुख सेनानी Pramukh senaanee | सेनानी Senaanee | सहसेनानी Sahasēnānī | उपसेनानी Upasēnānī | सहायक सेनानी Sahaayak senaanee | अधिकृत क्याडेट Adhikr̥ta kyāḍēṭa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COAS General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Army of Oman [24] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pakistan Army [25] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field marshal فیلڈ مارشل | General جنرل | Lieutenant general لیفٹیننٹ جنرل | Major general میجر جنرل | Brigadier بریگیڈیئر | Colonel کرنل | Lieutenant colonel لیفٹیننٹ کرنل | Major میجر | Captain کیپٹن | Lieutenant لیفٹنینٹ | Second lieutenant سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philippine Army [26] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qatari Emiri Land Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian Ground Forces [27] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ма́ршал росси́йской федера́ции Márshal rossíyskoy federátsii | Генера́л а́рмии Generál ármii | Генера́л-полко́вник Generál-polkóvnik | Генера́л-лейтена́нт Generál-leytenánt | Генера́л-майо́р Generál-mayór | Полко́вник Polkóvnik | Подполко́вник Podpolkóvnik | Майо́р Majór | Kапита́н Kapitán | Старший лейтена́нт Stárshiy leytenánt | Лейтенант Leytenant | Mла́дший лейтена́нт Mládshiy leytenánt | Курсант Kursant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabian Army [28] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | مرشح Murashah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singapore Army [29] | No insignia yet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Senior lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sri Lanka Army [30] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syrian Arab Army [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق Fariq | عماد أول Eimad 'awal | عماد Eimad | لواء Alliwa' | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tajik Ground Forces [32] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Генерали артиш Generali artish | Генерал-полковник General-polkovnik | Генерал-лейтенант General-leytenant | Генерал-майор General-mayor | Полковник Polkovnik | Подполковник Podpolkovnik | Майор Mayor | Капитан Kapitan | Лейтенанти калон Leytenanti kalon | Лейтенант Leytenant | Лейтенанти хурд Leytenanti xurd | Курсант Kursant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Thai Army [33] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
จอมพล Chom phon | พลเอก Phon ek | พลโท Phon tho | พลตรี Phon tri | พันเอก Phan ek | พันโท Phan tho | พันตรี Phan tri | ร้อยเอก Roi ek | ร้อยโท Roi tho | ร้อยตรี Roi tri | นักเรียนนายร้อย Nak-rian nairoi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timor-Leste Army [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Tenente-general | Major-general | Brigadeiro-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | Aspirante | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkmen Ground Forces [35] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goşun generaly | General-polkownik | General-leýtenant | General-maýor | Polkownik | Podpolkownik | Maýor | Kapitan | Uly leýtenant | Leýtenant | Kiçi leýtenant | Harby talyp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uzbek Ground Forces [36] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armiya generali | General-polkovnik | General-leytenant | General-mayor | Polkovnik | Podpolkovnik | Mayor | Kapitan | Katta leytenant | Leytenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam People's Ground Force [37] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Đại tướng | Thượng tướng | Trung tướng | Thiếu tướng | Đại tá | Thượng tá | Trung tá | Thiếu tá | Đại úy | Thượng úy | Trung úy | Thiếu úy | Học viên sĩ quan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yemeni Land Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مشیر Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم ثان Mulazim than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieutenant general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank originates from the Old European System. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general.
Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators, major is one rank above captain in armies and air forces, and one rank below lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the senior officer ranks.
Polkovnik is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states, coronel in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries. It was originally a rank in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. However, in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor. Usually this word is translated as colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context. Polkovnik began as a commander of a distinct group of troops (polk), arranged for battle.
Podpolkovnik is a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.
Senior lieutenant is a military grade between a lieutenant and a captain, often used by countries from the former Eastern Bloc. It is comparable to first lieutenant.
Junior lieutenant is a junior officer rank in several countries, comparable to Sub-lieutenant.
A junior sergeant is a military rank used in multiple militaries across the world. It is usually placed below sergeant.
A Senior sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries. It is usually placed above sergeant.
Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general.
Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.
Starshina 2nd class is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer and is equivalent to Junior sergeant in armies and air forces. Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OR-5 and is equivalent to Petty officer second class or Petty officer in English speaking navies.
Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers and other personnel for armies/ land forces of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of all armies of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of all navies of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of enlisted for all armies of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of enlisted for all air forces of Post-Soviet states.
Captain 3rd rank is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states. The rank is the lowest rank in the staff officer's career group. The rank is equivalent to major in armies and air forces. Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OF-3 and is equivalent to lieutenant commander in English speaking navies.