Army ranks in the interwar Lithuania

Army ranks in the interwar Lithuania, that were as well used in Pakštuva, were different than the common ranks. This was due to the language reform aimed at removing foreign loanwords from the Lithuanian language. Because most of the army ranks were loanwords, they were changed by Lithuanian words. Some of these words were newly crafted, others had existed with slightly or largely different meaning. Those few military rank names that were Lithuanian rather than loanwords were left unchanged

The ranks

Army:

• Eilinis (Private)
• Grandinis (Corporal)
• Jaunesnysis būrininkas
• Būrininkas (Sergeant)
• Vyresnysis būrininkas
• Viršila
• Jaunesnysis puskarininkis
• Puskarininkis (Warrant Officer)
• Vyresnysis puskarininkis
• Pamūšvedis (Lieutenant)
• Mūšvedys (Captain)
• Gindkarininkis (Major)
• Pulkininkas (Colonel)
• Kariuomenininkas (Brigade General)
• Karvedys (General)
• Karvaldys (Marshal)

Navy:

• Pajūreivis (Seaman)
• Jūreivis (Leading Rate)
• Jaunesnysis įgulininkas
• Įgulininkas (Petty Officer)
• Vyresnysis įgulininkas
• Laivūnas
• Jaunesnysis puskarininkis
• Puskarininkis (Warrant Officer)
• Vyresnysis puskarininkis
• Palaivavedis (Sub-lieutenant)
• Laivavedys (Leutenant)
• Jūrų mūšvedys (Lieutenant Commander)
• Laivynininkas (Fleet Admiral)
• Laivynvedys (Admiral)
• Laivynvaldys (Admiral of the Fleet)

Air force:

• Oreivis
• Skrajūnas
• Erelis
• Sakalas

Note - rank "Vyriausiasis karvedys" (Supreme general) was a political position in Pakštuva rather than actual military rank.

This page was created by Abdul-aziz.