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Pick two armed forces and line their rank ladders up on the NATO OF/OR scale — insignia, local titles and the equivalent each one maps to.

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
19 ranks
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
18 ranks
Matching tiers
16
Unmatched tiers
4

China Army vs India Army

Rank Ladder Highest first
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China · Army NATO equivalent India · Army ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Officers
No equivalent OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army Field marshal India Army Field marshal insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๅฐ† (General) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๅฐ† (General) OF-9 General General India Army General insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฐ† (Lieutenant General) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฐ† (Lieutenant General) OF-8 Lieutenant General Lieutenant general India Army Lieutenant general insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๅฐ† (Major General) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๅฐ† (Major General) OF-7 Major General Major general India Army Major general insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ๅคงๆ ก (Senior Colonel) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ๅคงๆ ก (Senior Colonel) OF-6 Brigadier General Brigadier India Army Brigadier insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๆ ก (Colonel) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๆ ก (Colonel) OF-5 Colonel Colonel India Army Colonel insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๆ ก (Lieutenant Colonel) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๆ ก (Lieutenant Colonel) OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel India Army Lieutenant colonel insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๆ ก (Major) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๆ ก (Major) OF-3 Major / Commandant Major India Army Major insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๅฐ‰ (Captain) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠๅฐ‰ (Captain) OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant Captain India Army Captain insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฐ‰ (First Lieutenant) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฐ‰ (First Lieutenant) China Army ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๅฐ‰ (Second Lieutenant) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ๅฐ‘ๅฐ‰ (Second Lieutenant) OF-1 Lieutenant Lieutenant India Army Lieutenant insignia
No equivalent OF-D Student Officer Officer cadet
Enlisted ranks
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธ€็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (First Class Sergeant Major) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธ€็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (First Class Sergeant Major) OR-9 Sergeant Major Subedar Major India Army Subedar Major insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไบŒ็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (Second Class Sergeant Major) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไบŒ็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (Second Class Sergeant Major) OR-8 1st Sergeant Subedar India Army Subedar insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธ‰็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (Third Class Sergeant Major) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธ‰็บงๅ†›ๅฃซ้•ฟ (Third Class Sergeant Major) OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class Naib Subedar India Army Naib Subedar insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธ€็บงไธŠๅฃซ (First Class Master Sergeant) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธ€็บงไธŠๅฃซ (First Class Master Sergeant) OR-6 Staff Sergeant Havildar India Army Havildar insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไบŒ็บงไธŠๅฃซ (Second Class Master Sergeant) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไบŒ็บงไธŠๅฃซ (Second Class Master Sergeant) OR-5 Sergeant No equivalent
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฃซ (Sergeant) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธญๅฃซ (Sergeant) OR-4 Corporal Naik India Army Naik insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธ‹ๅฃซ (Corporal) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธ‹ๅฃซ (Corporal) OR-3 Private 1st Class Lance Naik India Army Lance Naik insignia
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠ็ญ‰ๅ…ต (Private First Class) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ไธŠ็ญ‰ๅ…ต (Private First Class) OR-2 Private No equivalent
China Army ้™†ๅ†›ๅˆ—ๅ…ต (Private) insignia ้™†ๅ†›ๅˆ—ๅ…ต (Private) OR-1 Private Sepoy
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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.

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