Military Rank Equivalence

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🇧🇪 Belgium · Army	NATO equivalent	France · Army 🇫🇷
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Maréchal de France
Generaal / Général	OF-9 General	Général d'armée
Luitenant-generaal / Lieutenant général	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Général de corps d'armée
Generaal-majoor / Général-major	OF-7 Major General	Général de division
Brigadegeneraal / Général de Brigade	OF-6 Brigadier General	Général de brigade
Kolonel / Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Luitenant-kolonel / Lieutenant-colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel
Majoor / Major Kapitein-commandant / Capitaine-commandant	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Commandant
Kapitein / Capitaine	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Capitaine
Luitenant / Lieutenant Onderluitenant / Sous-lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Aspirant / Aspirant	OF-D Student Officer	Aspirant
Enlisted ranks
Adjudant-majoor / Adjudant-major Adjudant-chef / Adjudant-chef	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Major Adjudant-chef
Adjudant / Adjudant	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Adjudant
1ste sergeant-majoor / 1er sergeant-major	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sergent-chef BM2
1ste sergeant-chef / 1er sergeant-chef 1ste sergeant / 1er sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergent-chef
Sergeant / Sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	Sergent
1ste korporaal-chef / 1er caporal-chef Korporaal-chef / Caporal-chef	OR-4 Corporal	Caporal-chef de 1re classe Caporal-chef
Korporaal / Caporal	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Caporal
1ste soldaat / 1er soldat	OR-2 Private	Soldat de 1re classe
Soldaat / Soldat	OR-1 Private	Soldat

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.