The Military ranks of Albania are the military insignia used by the Albanian Armed Forces.
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
See also: Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom and Military ranks of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Albanian military insignia have undergone several periods during which their design changed radically.
The first ranks in the Albanian Armed Forces were formed in 1926 during the reign of King Zog I. His rule comprises two periods, the "Austrian" (1929-1936) and the "Prussian (generals) + Italian (other ranks)" style (1936-1939) of insignia.
During the time of Italian and German occupations of Albania their respective ranks were worn on Albanian militia uniforms.
After the Second World War, when the communist regime took power, military ranks were radically changed in looks and in naming. In the first years officers and generals wore sleeve insignia whose order was loosely based on that time's Yugoslav patterns. In 1947 a new model was introduced (both in Albania and Yugoslavia), where insignia and ranks came from the Soviet Union. This followed the traditions of Stalin's last years where insignia of all the Communist Bloc countries tended to uniformity. While most socialist countries abandoned this model soon after Stalin's death, Albania preserved it until May 1966, when military ranks were abolished altogether following Chinese example and based on doctrines of guerilla warfare.[1]
With the fall of the communist regime the military ranks were re-established in 1991 following a Western model. However, there were several crucial changes in their design (1991, 2004 and 2011) and a few minor ones.
On April 22, 1966, the military ranking system of the Armed forces of the People's Republic of Albania, was officially abolished by the order nr. 0227 "Mbi heqjen e gradave" of the Minister of People's Defence, Beqir Balluku,in accordance with the Nr. 4113 decree edicted by the Presidium of the People's Assembly on 7 March 1966.
 Albanian Land Force and Air Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Albanian: [[Sergeant major|Kapter i parë]] | Albanian: [[Staff sergeant|Kapter]] | Albanian: [[First sergeant|Rreshter i parë]] | Albanian: [[Sergeant|Rreshter]] | Albanian: [[Corporal|Tetar]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Naval Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: [[Michman|Miçman i parë]] | Albanian: [[Michman|Miçman]] | Albanian: [[Petty officer first class|Rreshter i parë]] | Albanian: [[Petty officer second class|Rreshter]] | Albanian: [[Petty officer third class|Tetar]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Land Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: Kapter i parë | Albanian: Kapter | Albanian: Rreshter i parë | Albanian: Rreshter | Albanian: Tetar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Air Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: Kapter i parë | Albanian: Kapter | Albanian: Rreshter i parë | Albanian: Rreshter | Albanian: Tetar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Land Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: Kapter i parë | Albanian: Kapter | Albanian: Rreshter i parë | Albanian: Rreshter | Albanian: Tetar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Air Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: Kapter i parë | Albanian: Kapter | Albanian: Rreshter i parë | Albanian: Rreshter | Albanian: Tetar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Naval Force | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian: Kapter i parë | Albanian: Kapter | Albanian: Rreshter Katëri | Albanian: Rreshter | Albanian: Tetar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||