Military Rank Equivalence

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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Army	NATO equivalent	Iran · Army 🇮🇷
Officers
Field marshal فیلڈ مارشل	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	No equivalent
General جنرل	OF-9 General	ارتشبد Arteshbod
Lieutenant general لیفٹیننٹ جنرل	OF-8 Lieutenant General	سپهبد Sepahbod
Major general میجر جنرل	OF-7 Major General	سرلشکر Sarlashkar
Brigadier بریگیڈیئر	OF-6 Brigadier General	سرتیپ Sartip سرتیپ دوم Sartip dovom
Colonel کرنل	OF-5 Colonel	سرهنگ Sarhang
Lieutenant colonel لیفٹیننٹ کرنل	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dovom
Major میجر	OF-3 Major / Commandant	سرگرد Sargord
Captain کیپٹن	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	سروان Sarvān ستوان یکم Sotvān yekom
Lieutenant لیفٹنینٹ Second lieutenant سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ	OF-1 Lieutenant	ستوان دوم Sotvān dovom ستوان سوم Sotvān sevom
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali
Enlisted ranks
No equivalent	OR-9 Sergeant Major	استوار یکم Ostovar yekom
Subedar-major صوبیدار میجر	OR-8 1st Sergeant	استوار دوم Ostovar dovom
Subedar صوبیدار	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	گروهبان یکم Goruhban yekom
Naib subedar نائب صوبیدار	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	گروهبان دوم Goruhban dovom
Havildar حوالدار	OR-5 Sergeant	گروهبان سوم Goruhban sevom
Naik نائیک	OR-4 Corporal	سرجوخه Sarjukheh
Lance naik لانس نائیک	OR-3 Private 1st Class	سرباز یکم Sarbaz yekom
No equivalent	OR-2 Private	سرباز دوم Sarbaz dovom
Sepoy سپاہی	OR-1 Private	سرباز Sarbaz

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.