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
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]
Manchukuo Imperial Army (1935) [4]
Manchukuo Imperial Navy [5] [6]
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

Commander title

Particularly distinguished three-star generals in Manchukuo could be awarded the title of Commander (Chinese :將軍), akin to the rank of Marshal in Imperial Japan. ^[7]

Badge of a Manchukuo Commander

Rank flags

Rank group	General/flag officers
Manchukuo Imperial Navy [8]
	上将 Shàngjiàng	中将 Zhōngjiàng	少将 Shàojiàng

Other ranks

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

Rank group	NCO's			Enlisted
Rank	上士 Shàngshì	中士 Zhōngshì	少士 Shǎoshì	上兵 Shàngbīng	中兵 Zhōngbīng	少兵 Shǎobīng
Manchukuo Imperial Army [2]
Manchukuo Imperial Navy [9]
Rank	上士 Shàngshì	中士 Zhōngshì	少士 Shǎoshì	上兵 Shàngbīng	中兵 Zhōngbīng	少兵 Shǎobīng
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, 49–50.
6. Government 1934, p. 152.
7. 政府公報日譯 第213号[Government Gazette Japanese Translation] (in Japanese). Xinjing, Manchukuo. 15 Nov 1934. p. 209-210.
8. OKM 1939, p. 120.
9. 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. 340-No. 365)] (in Japanese). May 1936. pp. 233–240. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
• 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

• "Manchukuo". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.