TheCzech military ranks are the military insignia used by theArmy of the Czech Republic. The ranks are common for all its forces (Ground,Air,Special, Cyber and Information, Territorial). They are displayed on theberet or a service hat, as well as on the chest of the battledress. On the display uniform, the rank insignia is worn on epaulettes and a head cover, and differs slightly in the Air Force, where it is displayed against a dark blue fabric (such as is the colour of the Air Forces' uniform), instead of the khaki fabric, common for the rest of the forces. For all the forces, the ranks also have the same name.

The insignia differs in form for each rank group: Theenlisted soldiers up to OR-4 wear so-called silver "pips", NCOs from OR-5 to OR-8 wear silver "rails", Sergeant Majors (OR-9) wear a single silver star with silver bordering.The juniorofficers wear three-pointed golden stars, colloquially called "Mercedeses", senior officers wear five-pointed golden stars with a single golden bar, generals wear five-pointed stars with golden bordering. There are no variants distinguishing the type of Corps, Commanding officers, etc. on the battledress. The type of Corps is being distinguished by lapel badges on display uniforms, and also, to a degree, by the colour of themilitary beret.

The current appearance of the rank insignia of the Czech Armed Forces has itsorigins in theCzechoslovak Military of theFirst Czechoslovak Republic, where that form has been introduced during the 1930s.^[1] During the post-war communist era, theCzechoslovak People's Army discontinued that model of insignia in 1950s in favour of the insignia adopted from theSoviet army,^[2] but the original ranks' model was again re-established in the 1960s, with several modifications.^[3] After a few reforms, the current form has been adopted in 2011 to put the system of ranks in accordance with theNATO countries' rank structure.^[4]

The rank insignia ofcommissioned officers.

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Czech Land Forces[5] v t e
			Armádní generál		Generálporučík		Generálmajor		Brigádní generál		Plukovník		Podplukovník		Major		Kapitán		Nadporučík			Poručík
Czech Air Force[5] v t e
			Armádní generál		Generálporučík		Generálmajor		Brigádní generál		Plukovník		Podplukovník		Major		Kapitán		Nadporučík			Poručík
NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1

The rank insignia ofnon-commissioned officers andenlisted personnel.

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Czech Land Forces[5] v t e
	Štábní praporčík						Nadpraporčík		Praporčík		Nadrotmistr						Rotmistr						Rotný				Četař		Desátník						Svobodník	Vojín
Czech Air Force[5] v t e
	Štábní praporčík						Nadpraporčík		Praporčík		Nadrotmistr						Rotmistr						Rotný				Četař		Desátník						Svobodník	Vojín
NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

• Ranks of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces

• "Czech Republic".uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved19 November 2021.

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• Military of the Czech Republic

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