Military ranks of San Marino

The Military ranks of San Marino are the military insignia used by the Sammarinese Armed Forces. Due to the history of San Marino and its cultural ties to Italy, San Marino has a similar rank structure to that of Italian Armed Forces.

The rank insignia worn vary depending on whether the alta uniforme (high uniform), uniforme di ordinanza (ordinance uniform), or uniforme da campo (field uniform) is worn.[1][2] The alta uniforme distinguishes rank by a series of chevrons and knots on the lower sleeves. The uniforme di ordinanza distinguishes ranks using inverted chevrons on the epaulets of enlisted ranks, and using a series of Tre Penne and towers with battlements for officers. Officers in the uniforme di ordinanza also have a separate set of rank insignia displayed on their lower sleeves, made up of a series of bars and either one, two or three towers for junior, senior, and general officers respectively. General officers also have Greca in their rank insignia similar to their Italian counterparts. The uniforme da campo displays the same insignia as the epaulets of the uniforme di ordinanza worn on either rank slides or patches.[3]

Officers

Officers of all Corps follow the same rank titles, with differences in the colors of the rank insignia worn dependent on the Corps.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

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
San Marino (Senior Command, Military Health Service, Compagnia Uniformata) (Edit)	No equivalent						No equivalent																		Unknown
					Generale				Generale brigata		Colonnello		Tenente Colonnello		Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente			Sottotenente
(Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent						No equivalent																		Unknown
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
San Marino (Guardia del Consiglio) (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
											Colonnello		Tenente Colonnello		Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente			Sottotenente
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
San Marino (Guardia di Rocca) (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
											Colonnello		Tenente Colonnello		Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente			Sottotenente
(Parade Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent																								Unknown
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
San Marino (Gendarmerie) (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Generale Brigata		Colonnello		Tenente Colonnello		Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente			Sottotenente
(Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent																								Unknown
(Parade Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent																								Unknown
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
San Marino (Military Band) (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
																			Maestro Tenente	Tenente		Sottotenente
(Parade Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent																								Unknown
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 enlisted ranks follow a standard format of a OR-1, OR-3, OR-5, and OR-6, with OR-2 being present in most but not all of the corps and OR-9 only being present in the corps that are involved in policing duties.[4][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Equivalent NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
San Marino (Military Health Service, Compagnia Uniformata) (Edit)	No equivalent																						No equivalent						'
											Sergente maggiore						Sergente										Caporale maggiore		Caporale						Guardia
San Marino (Guardia del Consiglio) (Edit)	No equivalent																						No equivalent
											Sergente maggiore						Sergente										Caporale maggiore		Caporale						Guardia
San Marino (Guardia di Rocca) (Edit)							No equivalent																No equivalent
	Sergente Maggiore aiutante										Sergente maggiore						Sergente										Caporale maggiore		Caporale						Guardia Milite
(Parade Sleeve insignia)							No equivalent																No equivalent
Equivalent NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
San Marino (Gendarmerie) (Edit)					No equivalent																		No equivalent						No equivalent
	Maresciallo										Brigadiere						Vice-brigadiere										Appuntato								Gendarme
(Sleeve insignia)							No equivalent																No equivalent
(Parade Sleeve insignia)							No equivalent																No equivalent
Equivalent NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
San Marino (Military Band) (Edit)	No equivalent																						No equivalent
											Sergente maggiore						Sergente										Caporale maggiore		Caporale						Guardia
(Parade Sleeve insignia)	No equivalent																						No equivalent
Equivalent NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1

References

1. "Corpi Militari di San Marino" [Military Corps of San Marino] (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. Alessandro Gentili (11 May 2017). "Repubblica di San Marino, uno Stato permanentemente armato" [Republic of San Marino, a permanently armed state]. Reportdifesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. "GALLERIA FOTOGRAFICA" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
4. "Regolamento Organico e Disciplina dei Corpi Militari, Legge 26 gennaio 1990 n.15" [Organic Regulation and Discipline of the Military Corps, Law 15 January 1990 n.15] (in Italian). 15 January 1990. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. "Modifiche, Decreto - Legge 17 agosto 2016 n. 108" [Amendments, Decree - Law 17 August 2016 n. 108] (in Italian). 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. "Modifiche, Decreto - Legge 17 settembre 2019 n.142" [Amendments, Decree - Law 17 September 2019 n.142] (in Italian). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. "Regolamento interno della Banda Militare, Decreto 19 giugno 1997 n. 62" [Internal rules of the Military Band, Decree of 19 June 1997 n. 62] (in Italian). 19 June 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
8. Marino Lorenzo Balducci (December 2003). La Guardia del Consiglio Grande e Generale (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
9. "San Marino. Festa delle Milizie, ecco l'elenco dei militari premiati" [San Marino. Militia Festival, here is the list of the awarded soldiers]. Giornale San Marino (in Italian). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
10. "Regolamento Organico e Disciplina dei Corpi Militari, Legge 26 gennaio 1990 n.15" [Regulation of the Gendarmerie Corps of the Republic of San Marino, Law 12 November 1987 n. 131] (in Italian). 12 November 1987. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
11. "Regolamento del Nucleo Uniformato della Guardia di Rocca, Legge 13 novembre 1987 n. 132" [Rules of the Uniformed Unit of the Guardia di Rocca, Law 13 November 1987 n. 132] (in Italian). 13 November 1987. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
12. "Modifica, Legge 5 settembre 1997 n. 99" [Amendment, Law 5 September 1997 n. 99] (in Italian). 5 September 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
13. "Banda Militare della Repubblica di San Marino - La immagini" [Military Band of the Republic of San Marino - The images] (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.