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JNA ranks[edit]

This table shows the rank structure in use by Yugoslav People's Army before breakup of Yugoslavia, in use from 1945 to 1991/1992.

Category	Ground Forces ranks	Air Force ranks	Navy Ranks
Supreme Armed Forces Commander	Marshal of Yugoslavia¹ (Maršal Jugoslavije - Маршал Југославије)
Supreme Officers or General Officers	General² (General - Генерал)
	General of the Army (General Armije)		Admiral of the Fleet (Admiral Flote)
	Colonel General (General-pukovnik)	Colonel General of aviation (General-pukovnik avijacije)	Admiral (Admiral)
	Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Colonel General (General-potpukovnik)	Lieutenant General of aviation, Lieutenant Colonel General of aviation (General-potpukovnik avijacije)	Vice Admiral (Zamjenik Admirala)
	Major General (General-major)	Major General of aviation (General-major avijacije)	Rear Admiral (Kontraadmiral)
Senior Officers or Field Grade Officers	Colonel (Pukovnik)	Colonel of aviation (Pukovnik avijacije)	Captain (Kapetan Bojnog Broda)
	Lieutenant Colonel (Potpukovnik)	Lieutenant Colonel of aviation (Potpukovnik avijacije)	Commander (Kapetan fregate)
	Major (Major)	Major of aviation (Major avijacije)	Lieutenant Commander (Kapetan Korvete)
Junior Officers or Company Grade Officers	Captain, 1st class (Kapetan 1. klase)	Captain, 1st class of aviation (Kapetan 1. klase avijacije)	First Lieutenant (Poručnik bojnog broda)
	Captain (Kapetan)	Captain of aviation (Kapetan avijacije)	Lieutenant (Poručnik Fregate)
	First Lieutenant (Poručnik)	First Lieutenant of aviation (Poručnik avijacije)	Lieutenant Junior Grade (Poručnik korvete)
	Second Lieutenant (Potporučnik)	Second Lieutenant of aviation (Potporučnik avijacije)	Ensign (Potporučnik)
Under-Officers or Master non-commissioned officers	Warrant Officer, 1st class (Zastavnik 1. klase)	Warrant Officer, 1st class of aviation (Zastavnik 1. klase avijacije)	Warrant Officer, 1st class (Zastavnik 1. klase)
Under-Officers or Master non-commissioned officers	Warrant Officer (Zastavnik)	Warrant Officer of aviation (Zastavnik avijacje)	Warrant Officer (Zastavnik)
Sergeants	Senior Sergeant, 1st class (Stariji vodnik 1. klase)	Senior Sergeant, 1st classof aviation (Stariji vodnik 1. klase avijacije)	Senior Chief Petty Officer (Stariji vodnik 1. klase)
	Senior Sergeant (Stariji vodnik)	Senior Sergeant of aviation (Stariji vodnik avijacije)	Chief Petty Officer (Stariji vodnik)
	Sergeant, 1st class (Vodnik 1. klase)	Sergeant, 1st class of aviation (Vodnik 1. klase avijacije)	Petty Officer 1st Class (Vodnik 1. klase)
	Sergeant (Vodnik)	Sergeant, of aviation (Vodnik avijacije)	Petty Officer 2nd Class (Vodnik)
Soldiers, airmen, seamen	Junior Sergeant (Mlađi vodnik)	Junior Sergeant, of aviation (Mlađi vodnik avijacije)	Petty Officer 3rd Class (Mlađi vodnik )
	Corporal, (Desetar)	Corporal, of aviation (Desetar avijacije)	Leading Seaman (Desetar)
	Private, 1st class (Razvodnik)	Private, 1st class of aviation (Razvodnik avijacije)	Seaman, 1st class (Razvodnik)
¹ Marshal of Yugoslavia (Marshal) - Maršal of Yugoslavia was a honorary title of the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces and not a military rank. The first and the only one was given to Josip Broz Tito, who (beside the title of Maršal and Supreme Commander), also held the lifelong function of the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. ² General - Ivan Gošnjak, while serving as a defence minister with a rank of General of the Army - 4 star, was considered for promotion, no officers were promoted to this rank.