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The military ranks of Tanzania are the military insignia used by the Tanzania People's Defence Force. Being a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Tanzania shares a rank structure similar to that of the United Kingdom, however the Army and Air Force both use the British Army rank system, with differences in the enlisted ranks.

Commissioned officers[]

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy and air force respectively.

Equivalent
NATO Code
OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) & Student officer
Tanzania Tanzania
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No equivalent 17-Tanzania Army-GEN 16-Tanzania Army-LG 15-Tanzania Army-MG 14-Tanzania Army-BG 13-Tanzania Army-COL 12-Tanzania Army-LTC 11-Tanzania Army-MAJ 10-Tanzania Army-CPT 09-Tanzania Army-1LT 08-Tanzania Army-2LT 07-Tanzania Army-OC
General
Jenerali
Lieutenant General
Luteni Jenerali
Major General
Meja Jenerali
Brigadier
Brigedia
Colonel
Kanali
Lieutenant Colonel
Luteni Kanali
Major
Meja
Captain
Kapteni
Lieutenant
Luteni wa Kwanza
2nd lieutenant
Luteni wa Pili
Officer candidate


Tanzania Tanzania
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No equivalent
Generic-Navy-O10 Generic-Navy-O9 Generic-Navy-O8 Generic-Navy-O7 Generic-Navy-O5 Generic-Navy-O4 Generic-Navy-O3 Generic-Navy-O2 Generic-Navy-O1 No equivalent
Vice admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Sub Lieutenant Ensign


Tanzania Tanzania
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No equivalent 17-Tanzania Air Force-GEN 16-Tanzania Air Force-LG 15-Tanzania Air Force-MG 14-Tanzania Air Force-BG 13-Tanzania Air Force-COL 12-Tanzania Air Force-LTC 11-Tanzania Air Force-MAJ 10-Tanzania Air Force-CPT 09-Tanzania Air Force-1LT 08-Tanzania Air Force-2LT 07-Tanzania Air Force-OC
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer candidate


Equivalent
NATO Code
OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) & Student officer

Enlisted[]

The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army, navy and air force respectively.

Equivalent NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Tanzania Tanzania
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06-Tanzania Army-WO1 05-Tanzania Army-WO2 04-Tanzania Army-SSG 03-Tanzania Army-SGT No equivalent 02-Tanzania Army-CPL 01-Tanzania Army-LCPL No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza
Warrant Officer Class 2
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili
Staff Sergeant
Sajinitaji
Sergeant
Sajenti
Corporal
Koplo
Lance Corporal
Koplo Usu
Private
(or equivalent)


Tanzania Tanzania
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06-Tanzania Navy-WO1 05-Tanzania Navy-WO2 04-Tanzania Navy-SSG 03-Tanzania Navy-SGT No equivalent 02-Tanzania Navy-CPL 01-Tanzania Navy-LCPL No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza
Warrant Officer Class 2
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili
Staff Sergeant
Sajinitaji
Sergeant
Sajenti
Corporal
Koplo
Lance Corporal
Koplo Usu
Private
(or equivalent)


Tanzania Tanzania
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06-Tanzania Air Force-WO1 05-Tanzania Air Force-WO2 04-Tanzania Air Force-SSG 03-Tanzania Air Force-SGT No equivalent 02-Tanzania Air Force-CPL 01-Tanzania Air Force-LCPL No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1
Maafisa Wateule 1
Warrant Officer Class 2
Maafisa Wateule 2
Flight Sergeant
Sajenti Kuruka
Sergeant
Sajenti
Corporal
Koplo
Lance Corporal
Koplo Mdogo
Aircraftsman
Mtu Ndege
Equivalent
NATO Code
OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1

References[]

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Rank and insignia of the Tanzanian Armed Forces and the edit history here.

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