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The Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom were the military ranks used by the Royal Albanian Army. Throughout its short history, the Albanian Kingdom had two ranks systems. The first rank system lasting from 1929 till 1936, with the second lasting till the end of the kingdom in 1939.
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| Albanian | Gjeneral | Gjeneral-leitenant | Gjeneral-major | Kolonel | Nënkolonel | Major | Kapiten | Toger | Nëntoger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Junior lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Albanian | Rreshter | Tetar | Ushtar I parë | Ushtar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English | Sergeant | Corporal | Private first class | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Albanian | Gjeneral | Gjeneral-leitenant | Gjeneral-major | Kolonel | Nënkolonel | Major | Kapiten | Toger | Nëntoger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Junior lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hat |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Albanian | Rreshter | Tetar | Ushtar I parë | Ushtar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English | Sergeant | Corporal | Private first class | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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