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Ranks
Commissioned Officers
- Field Marshal (FM)
- General (Gen)
- Lieutenant-General (LtGen)
- Major-General (MajGen)
- Brigadier (Brg)
- Colonel (Col)
- Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol)
- Major (Maj)
- Captain (Cpt)
- Lieutenant (Lt)
- Second-Lieutenant (2Lt)
Junior ranks & Non-Commissioned Officers
- Warrant Officer Class One (WO1)
- Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2)
- Staff Sergeant (StSgt)
- Sergeant (Sgt)
- Corporal (Cpl)
- Lance Corporal (LCpl)
- Private (Pvt)
Regimental appointments
- Quarter Master (QM)
- Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM)
- Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant (RQMS)
- Quarter Master Senior Instructor (QMSI)
- Artificer Sergeant Major (ASM)
Structure
Smallest to largest:
- Section — smallest unit of infantry, 6 to 15 men
- Platoon — smallest tactical unit with an organisational identity, 24 to 50 men
- Company — consists of several platoons
- Artillery — Brigade level, but under the command of the Major General at Divisional level
- Battery — equivalent to the company, 4 to 8 weapons and their crews
- Battalion — an Infantry Battalion is made up of A, B, C, D, HQ and S Companies
- Company — 400 to 800 men
- Battalion Tank — usually 30 to 55 tanks
- Battalions — they receive Artillery support, but it is not not part of their structure
- Brigade — 3 battalions which are independent or subordinate to a Division
- Regiment — an Army formation, a Brigade comprising 3 or 4 Battalions
- Division — a ground force formation of two or more Brigades or Regiments plus supporting units, often subordinate to multi divisional Corps usually two or more Divisions.
See also
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Commissioned Officer ranks | |
Second Lieutenant → Lieutenant → Captain → Major → Lieutenant Colonel → Colonel → Brigadier → Major General → Lieutenant General → General → Field Marshal | |
Junior & Non-Commissioned ranks | |
Private → Lance Corporal → Corporal → Sergeant → Staff Sergeant → Warrant Officer Class 2 → Warrant Officer Class 1 |