Themilitary ranks of Manchukuo were the military insignia used by theManchukuo Imperial Army, theManchukuo Imperial Navy, and theManchukuo Imperial Air Force during its existence, from its founding in 1932 until theSoviet invasion in 1945.
| Colour | Branch | |
|---|---|---|
| Black | Military police | |
| Red | Infantry | |
| Green | Cavalry | |
| Yellow | Artillery | |
| Brown | Engineers | |
| Blue | Transport corps | |
| Source:[1] | ||
The rank insignia ofcommissioned 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] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Particularly distinguished three-star generals in Manchukuo could be awarded the title of Commander (Chinese:將軍), akin to the rank ofMarshal in Imperial Japan.[7]
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| Rank group | General/flag officers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchukuo Imperial Navy[8] |  |  |  | |
| 上将 Shàngjiàng | 中将 Zhōngjiàng | 少将 Shàojiàng | ||
The rank insignia ofnon-commissioned officers andenlisted 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 | ||||
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