Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇮🇹 Italy · Army	NATO equivalent	France · Army 🇫🇷
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Maréchal de France
Generale Generale di Corpo d'Armata con Incarichi Speciali	OF-9 General	Général d'armée
Generale di Corpo d'Armata	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Général de corps d'armée
Generale di Divisione	OF-7 Major General	Général de division
Generale di Brigata	OF-6 Brigadier General	Général de brigade
Colonnello	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Tenente Colonnello	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel
Maggiore	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Commandant
Primo capitano Capitano	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Capitaine
Tenente Sottotenente	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Aspirant
Enlisted ranks
Primo luogotenente q.s. Luogotenente Primo maresciallo	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Major Adjudant-chef
Maresciallo capo	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Adjudant
Sergente maggiore capo q.s. Sergente Maggiore Capo	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sergent-chef BM2
Sergente Maggiore	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergent-chef
Sergente	OR-5 Sergeant	Sergent
Caporale maggiore capo scelto q.s. Caporale maggiore capo scelto Caporale maggiore capo Caporale maggiore scelto Primo caporale maggiore	OR-4 Corporal	Caporal-chef de 1re classe Caporal-chef
Caporal Maggiore	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Caporal
Caporale	OR-2 Private	Soldat de 1re classe
Soldato	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.