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So far as I know, Jan Smuts was a field marshal in the British Army, not in the Union Defence Forces - hence my original note that the rank was never used. Dirk L
It may be useful to include ranks used in the various corps, for example: bombardier (corporal equivalent in artillery corps); rifleman (private equivalent in infantry corps) and so on. Potion (talk) 18:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
The level 1 - 4 appointments for Warrant Officers were replaced by new substantive ranks on 1st June 2008:
The WO1 and WO2 ranks remain as before.
http://www.dcc.mil.za/bulletins/Files/2008/61bulletin2008.pdf
See also 'South African Soldier, September 2008, page 17 http://www.dcc.mil.za/sasoldier/2008/Sep2008.pdf --92.8.106.152 (talk) 17:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I have re-laid out this page - moving all the historical names to one section and bringing in NATO tables for ranks
still to do - NCO's and tidy up Warrant Officers
Any input or comments? Gbawden (talk) 15:34, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
- Warrants done - Going to upload Sgts etc on monday sometime then add them to Nato tables. Nato tables aren't so long which is why I like them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbawden (talk • contribs) 06:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Midshipman is missing from the Navy table under OF-D. Midshipman#South African Navy shows the SAN's insignia for this rank. It is sourced from the SAN's website which has this image showing all the ranks. Roger (talk) 16:22, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
-- Thanks missed that one. Will get onto it Gbawden (talk) 06:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Help! Can someone guide me on the NATO equivalents for our numerous NCO ranks. For SAAF NCOs WO1 and WO2 are grouped together - is there a rationale or guide for this somewhere? Using this guide I can get them to fit but want to make sure its correct Gbawden (talk) 22:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
NATO rank | WO-5 | WO-4 | WO-3 | WO-2 | WO-1 | |||||
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United States Army |
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Chief warrant officer 5 | Chief warrant officer 4 | Chief warrant officer 3 | Chief warrant officer 2 | Warrant officer 1 |
See if this mght fit better. Roger (talk) 12:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
The image police have removed all the non free images from the templates as apparently Non Free images cannot be used in templates. So am busy reverting templates to tables.Gbawden (talk) 06:29, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Why do we use English and Afrikaans on the military ranks of almost all the branches of the SANDF ? I mean there are 12 official languages is South Africa and English is the only language that is mostly used. I think we should remove Afrikaans because the apartheid period is over. But what do you think? Sifiso Cele (talk) 21:21, 25 January 2024 (UTC)