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class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4</span> <span>Insignia of colonels of other services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Insignia_of_colonels_of_other_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colonel_as_highest-ranking_officer" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colonel_as_highest-ranking_officer"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Colonel as highest-ranking officer</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colonel_as_highest-ranking_officer-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_uses_of_colonel_ranks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_uses_of_colonel_ranks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other uses of colonel ranks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_uses_of_colonel_ranks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel" title="Coronel – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Coronel" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkovnik" title="Polkovnik – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Polkovnik" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2" title="কর্নেল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কর্নেল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Палкоўнік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Палкоўнік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Палкоўнік – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Палкоўнік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Полковник – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Полковник" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukovnik" title="Pukovnik – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Pukovnik" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koronal" title="Koronal – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Koronal" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel" title="Coronel – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Coronel" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Полковник – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Полковник" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plukovn%C3%ADk" title="Plukovník – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Plukovník" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrnol" title="Cyrnol – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cyrnol" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst" title="Oberst – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Oberst" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst" title="Oberst – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oberst" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonel" title="Kolonel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kolonel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Συνταγματάρχης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Συνταγματάρχης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel" title="Coronel – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Coronel" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonelo" title="Kolonelo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kolonelo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koronel" title="Koronel – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Koronel" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF" title="سرهنگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سرهنگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Colonel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonel" title="Kolonel – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kolonel" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel" title="Coronel – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Coronel" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%A0%B9" title="대령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF" title="Գնդապետ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գնդապետ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2" title="कर्नल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कर्नल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukovnik" title="Pukovnik – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pukovnik" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonelo" title="Kolonelo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kolonelo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonel" title="Kolonel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kolonel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnello" title="Colonnello – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Colonnello" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C" title="קולונל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קולונל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolon%C3%A8l" title="Kolonèl – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kolonèl" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D" title="ಕರ್ನಲ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕರ್ನಲ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="პოლკოვნიკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პოლკოვნიკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanali" title="Kanali – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kanali" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolon%C3%A8l" title="Kolonèl – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Kolonèl" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serheng" title="Serheng – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Serheng" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkvedis" title="Pulkvedis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pulkvedis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkininkas" title="Pulkininkas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pulkininkas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Полковник – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Полковник" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%BD" title="കേണൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കേണൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2" title="कर्नल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कर्नल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li 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It is also used in some police forces and <a href="/wiki/Paramilitary" title="Paramilitary">paramilitary</a> organizations. </p><p>In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of a <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> in an army. Modern usage varies greatly, and in some cases, the term is used as an <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (title)">honorific title</a> that may have no direct relationship to military. In some smaller military forces, such as those of <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a>, colonel is the highest <a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">rank</a>. </p><p>Equivalent naval ranks may be called <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">captain</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ship-of-the-line_captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship-of-the-line captain">ship-of-the-line captain</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a>'s air force ranking system, the equivalent rank is <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_origins">History and origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Colonel" title="Special:EditPage/Colonel">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2012</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>By the end of the <a href="/wiki/Late_medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Late medieval">late medieval</a> period, a group of "companies" was referred to as a "column" of an army. According to Raymond Oliver, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1500</span>, the Spanish began explicitly reorganizing part of their army into 20 <i>colunelas</i> or columns of approximately 1,000–1,250 soldiers. Each <i>colunela</i> was commanded by a <i>cabo de colunela</i> or column head. Because they were crown units who are directly under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">monarch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sovereign" title="Sovereign">sovereign</a> of a country,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (November 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the units were also confusingly called <i>coronelas</i>, and their commanders <i>coronels</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence of this can be seen when <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba">Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba</a>, nicknamed "the Great Captain", divided his armies in <i>coronelías</i>, each led by a <i>coronel</i>, in 1508.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, in the 16th century, the French army adopted this organizational structure, renaming <i>colunelas</i> regiments. Even so, they simply Gallicized <i>colunela</i> to the French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">colonel</i></span> and pronounced it as written. The English then copied the unit and rank from the French. However, for reasons unknown, the English adopted the Spanish pronunciation of <i>coronel</i>, and after several decades of use shortened it to its current two-syllable pronunciation "kernel". <i>Colonel</i> is linked to the word <i>column</i> (from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">columna</i></span>; Italian: <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">colonna</i></span>; French: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">colonne</i></span>) in a similar way that <i>brigadier</i> is linked to <i>brigade</i>, although in English this relationship is not immediately obvious.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the shift from primarily mercenary to primarily national armies in the course of the 17th century, a colonel (normally a member of the aristocracy) became a holder (German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Inhaber</i></span>) or proprietor of a military contract with a sovereign. The colonel purchased the regimental contract—the right to hold the regiment—from the previous holder of that right or directly from the sovereign when a new regiment was formed or an incumbent was <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As the office of colonel became an established practice, the colonel became the senior captain in a group of companies that were all sworn to observe his personal authority—to be ruled or regimented by him. This regiment, or governance, was to some extent embodied in a contract and set of written rules, also referred to as the colonel's regiment or standing regulation(s). By extension, the group of <a href="/wiki/Company_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Company (military)">companies</a> subject to a colonel's regiment (in the foregoing sense) came to be referred to as his regiment (in the modern sense) as well.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In French usage of this period, the senior colonel in the army or, in a field force, the senior military contractor, was the <a href="/wiki/Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">colonel general</a>, and, in the absence of the sovereign or his designate, the colonel general might serve as the commander of a force. The position, however, was primarily contractual and it became progressively more of a functionless <a href="/wiki/Sinecure" title="Sinecure">sinecure</a>. The head of a single regiment or <a href="/wiki/Demi-brigade" title="Demi-brigade">demi-brigade</a> would be called a '<a href="/wiki/Mestre_de_camp" title="Mestre de camp">mestre de camp</a>' or, after the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">Revolution</a>, a '<a href="/wiki/Chef_de_brigade" title="Chef de brigade">chef de brigade</a>'.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By the late 19th century, colonel had evolved to a professional military rank that was still held typically by an officer in command of a regiment or equivalent unit. Along with other ranks, it has become progressively more a matter of ranked duties, qualifications, and experience, as well as of corresponding titles and pay scale, than of functional office in a particular organization.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As European military influence expanded throughout the world, the rank of colonel became adopted by nearly every nation (albeit under a variety of names).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the 20th century, with the rise of <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communism</a>, some of the large communist militaries saw fit to expand the colonel rank into several grades, resulting, for example, in the unique <a href="/wiki/Senior_colonel" title="Senior colonel">senior colonel</a> rank, which was found and is still used in such nations as China and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonel-in-chief">Colonel-in-chief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colonel-in-chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colonel-in-chief" title="Colonel-in-chief">Colonel-in-chief</a></div> <p>In many modern armies, the regiment has more importance as a ceremonial unit or a focus of members' loyalty than as an actual battle formation. Troops tend to be deployed in battalions (commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>) as a more convenient size of military unit and, as such, colonels have tended to have a higher profile in specialist and command roles than as actual commanders of regiments. However, in Commonwealth armies, the position of the colonel as the figurehead of a regiment is maintained in the honorary role of "colonel-in-chief", usually held by a member of the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal family">royal family</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the nobility, or a retired senior military officer. The colonel-in-chief wears a colonel's uniform and encourages the members of the regiment, but takes no active part in the actual command structure or in any operational duties.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonel_of_the_Regiment">Colonel of the Regiment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colonel of the Regiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title <b>Colonel of the Regiment</b> (to distinguish it from the military rank of colonel) continues to be used in the modern British Army. The ceremonial position is often conferred on retired <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">brigadiers</a> or colonels who have a close link to a particular regiment. Non-military personnel, usually for positions within the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_Reserve(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Army Reserve(United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Army Reserve</a> may also be appointed to the ceremonial position. When attending functions as "Colonel of the Regiment", the titleholder wears the regimental uniform with rank insignia of (full) colonel, regardless of their official rank. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Family">Royal Family</a> is known as a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Colonel">Royal Colonel</a>. A Colonel of the Regiment is expected to work closely with a regiment and its <a href="/w/index.php?title=Regimental_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Regimental Association (page does not exist)">Regimental Association</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonel_by_country">Colonel by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Colonel by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(Canada)" title="Colonel (Canada)">Colonel (Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(Eastern_Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (Eastern Europe)">Colonel (Eastern Europe)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberst" title="Oberst">Colonel (Germanic languages)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(India)" title="Colonel (India)">Colonel (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(Pakistan)" title="Colonel (Pakistan)">Colonel (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Colonel (Sri Lanka)">Colonel (Sri Lanka)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel (United States)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insignia">Insignia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Insignia_of_army_colonels">Insignia of army colonels</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Insignia of army colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ALB-Army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Albania (kolonel)"><img alt="Albania (kolonel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ALB-Army-OF-5.svg/48px-ALB-Army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ALB-Army-OF-5.svg/72px-ALB-Army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ALB-Army-OF-5.svg/96px-ALB-Army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="81" data-file-height="201" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a><br /> (<i>kolonel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angola-Army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Angola (coronel)"><img alt="Angola (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Angola-Army-OF-5.svg/62px-Angola-Army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Angola-Army-OF-5.svg/93px-Angola-Army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Angola-Army-OF-5.svg/124px-Angola-Army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="351" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Army" title="Angolan Army">Angola</a><br />(<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CR-EA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Argentina (coronel)"><img alt="Argentina (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/CR-EA.png/120px-CR-EA.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/CR-EA.png/180px-CR-EA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/CR-EA.png 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="97" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Army" title="Argentine Army">Argentina</a><br />(<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hungary (ezredes)"><img alt="Hungary (ezredes)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg/60px-Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg/90px-Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg/120px-Rank_Army_Hungary_OF-05.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a><br /> (<i>ezredes</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/47px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/71px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg/94px-Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">India</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18-TNI_Army-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/18-TNI_Army-COL.svg/57px-18-TNI_Army-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/18-TNI_Army-COL.svg/86px-18-TNI_Army-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/18-TNI_Army-COL.svg/114px-18-TNI_Army-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="417" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarhang_1.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Iran ("sarhang")"><img alt="Iran ("sarhang")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Sarhang_1.png/44px-Sarhang_1.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Sarhang_1.png/66px-Sarhang_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Sarhang_1.png/88px-Sarhang_1.png 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="1929" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a><br />("sarhang")</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IE-Army-OF5.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/IE-Army-OF5.png/55px-IE-Army-OF5.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/IE-Army-OF5.png/83px-IE-Army-OF5.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/IE-Army-OF5.png/110px-IE-Army-OF5.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Ireland</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IDF_aluf_mishne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Israel (Aluf Mishne)"><img alt="Israel (Aluf Mishne)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IDF_aluf_mishne.svg/58px-IDF_aluf_mishne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IDF_aluf_mishne.svg/87px-IDF_aluf_mishne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IDF_aluf_mishne.svg/116px-IDF_aluf_mishne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a><br />(<i>Aluf Mishne</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_(1973).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Italy (colonnello)"><img alt="Italy (colonnello)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_colonnello_of_the_Army_of_Italy_%281973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monaco-army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monaco (colonel)"><img alt="Monaco (colonel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monaco-army-OF-5.svg/49px-Monaco-army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monaco-army-OF-5.svg/74px-Monaco-army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monaco-army-OF-5.svg/99px-Monaco-army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="635" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a><br /> (<i>colonel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mongolia (хурандаа)"><img alt="Mongolia (хурандаа)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg/50px-Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg/75px-Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg/100px-Mongolian_Army-COL-parade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="425" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a><br /> (<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RO-Army-OF5.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/RO-Army-OF5.png/64px-RO-Army-OF5.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/RO-Army-OF5.png 1.5x" data-file-width="70" data-file-height="130" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russia (polkovnik / полковник)"><img alt="Russia (polkovnik / полковник)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg/46px-Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="46" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg/69px-Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg/93px-Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Russia<br />(<i>polkovnik / полковник</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Serbia (pukovnik)"><img alt="Serbia (pukovnik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg/63px-14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="63" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg/95px-14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg/126px-14-Serbian_Army-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a><br /> (<i>pukovnik</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army-SVK-OF-05.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Slovakia (plukovník)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Army-SVK-OF-05.svg/48px-Army-SVK-OF-05.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Army-SVK-OF-05.svg/72px-Army-SVK-OF-05.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Army-SVK-OF-05.svg/97px-Army-SVK-OF-05.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="122" data-file-height="302" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovak Army">Slovakia</a><br />(<i>plukovník</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:15.SKA-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/15.SKA-COL.svg/52px-15.SKA-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/15.SKA-COL.svg/78px-15.SKA-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/15.SKA-COL.svg/104px-15.SKA-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="893" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SAA-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SAA-OF-5.svg/47px-SAA-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SAA-OF-5.svg/70px-SAA-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SAA-OF-5.svg/94px-SAA-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">South Africa</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria-Aqid.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Syria (عقيد)"><img alt="Syria (عقيد)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Syria-Aqid.jpg/56px-Syria-Aqid.jpg" decoding="async" width="56" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Syria-Aqid.jpg/83px-Syria-Aqid.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Syria-Aqid.jpg 2x" data-file-width="93" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Arab_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Arab Army">Syria</a> <br />(عقيد)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sri Lanka"><img alt="Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg/47px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg/70px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg/94px-Sri_Lanka-army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sweden (överste)"><img alt="Sweden (överste)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg/49px-SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg/74px-SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg/99px-SWE-%C3%B6verste.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="79" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Sweden<br />(<a href="/wiki/%C3%96verste" title="Överste">överste</a>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taiwan (shang xiao)"><img alt="Taiwan (shang xiao)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg/49px-Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg/73px-Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg/98px-Taiwan-army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a><br />(<i><a href="/wiki/Shang_xiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Shang xiao">shang xiao</a></i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RTA_OF-5_(Colonel).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg/48px-RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg/72px-RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg/95px-RTA_OF-5_%28Colonel%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="188" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey-army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Turkey (albay)"><img alt="Turkey (albay)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Turkey-army-OF-5.svg/47px-Turkey-army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Turkey-army-OF-5.svg/70px-Turkey-army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Turkey-army-OF-5.svg/94px-Turkey-army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><br />(<i>albay</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Turkmenistan (Polkownik)"><img alt="Turkmenistan (Polkownik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg/46px-Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="46" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg/69px-Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg/93px-Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Turkmenistan" title="Armed Forces of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a><br />(<i>Polkownik</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ukraine (polkovnik/полковник)"><img alt="Ukraine (polkovnik/полковник)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg/44px-UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg/66px-UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg/89px-UA_shoulder_mark_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="478" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a><br />(<i>polkovnik/полковник</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/British_Army_OF-5.svg/47px-British_Army_OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/British_Army_OF-5.svg/70px-British_Army_OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/British_Army_OF-5.svg/94px-British_Army_OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">United Kingdom</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_O6_(Army_greens).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg/49px-US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg/73px-US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg/98px-US_Army_O6_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">United States</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CNELEJB-GNB.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Venezuela (coronel)"><img alt="Venezuela (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/CNELEJB-GNB.png/54px-CNELEJB-GNB.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/CNELEJB-GNB.png/81px-CNELEJB-GNB.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/CNELEJB-GNB.png/108px-CNELEJB-GNB.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Army">Venezuela</a><br />(<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Vietnam (thượng tá)"><img alt="Vietnam (thượng tá)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png/51px-Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png" decoding="async" width="51" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png/76px-Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png/102px-Vietnam_People%27s_Army_Colonel.png 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="938" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Vietnam" title="People's Army of Vietnam">Vietnam</a><br />(<i>thượng tá</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Myanmar"><img alt="Myanmar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg/50px-12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg/74px-12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg/99px-12._Myanmar_Army_COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="578" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Insignia_of_air_force_colonels">Insignia of air force colonels</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Insignia of air force colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg/76px-BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg/113px-BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg/151px-BE-Air_Force-OF5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="94" data-file-height="149" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Belgium</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronel_FAB_V.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brazil (coronel)"><img alt="Brazil (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Coronel_FAB_V.jpg/57px-Coronel_FAB_V.jpg" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Coronel_FAB_V.jpg/85px-Coronel_FAB_V.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Coronel_FAB_V.jpg 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="210" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Brazil (<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg/47px-Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg/70px-Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg/94px-Canadian_RCAF_OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(Canada)" title="Colonel (Canada)">Canada</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fach_cav.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Chile (coronel)"><img alt="Chile (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fach_cav.png/50px-Fach_cav.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fach_cav.png/75px-Fach_cav.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fach_cav.png/100px-Fach_cav.png 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="726" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Chile (<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RDAF_Col.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Denmark (oberst)"><img alt="Denmark (oberst)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RDAF_Col.svg/63px-RDAF_Col.svg.png" decoding="async" width="63" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RDAF_Col.svg/94px-RDAF_Col.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RDAF_Col.svg/125px-RDAF_Col.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="113" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Denmark (<i>oberst</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Air_Force-colonel.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/French_Air_Force-colonel.svg/66px-French_Air_Force-colonel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/French_Air_Force-colonel.svg/99px-French_Air_Force-colonel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/French_Air_Force-colonel.svg/132px-French_Air_Force-colonel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="738" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">France</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Georgia (პოლკოვნიკი, polkovnik)"><img alt="Georgia (პოლკოვნიკი, polkovnik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png/62px-Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png/93px-Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png/124px-Georgia_Air_Force_OF-6.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="2142" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Georgia (პოლკოვნიკი, <i><a href="/wiki/Polkovniki" class="mw-redirect" title="Polkovniki">polkovnik</a></i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Germany (oberst)"><img alt="Germany (oberst)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png/57px-Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png/86px-Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Luftwaffe-271-Oberst.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="208" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Germany (<i>oberst</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indonesia (kolonel)"><img alt="Indonesia (kolonel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg/57px-18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg/86px-18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg/114px-18-TNI_Navy-CAPT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="417" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Indonesia (<i>kolonel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IAF_aluf_mishne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Israel (Aluf Mishne)"><img alt="Israel (Aluf Mishne)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/IAF_aluf_mishne.svg/58px-IAF_aluf_mishne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/IAF_aluf_mishne.svg/87px-IAF_aluf_mishne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/IAF_aluf_mishne.svg/116px-IAF_aluf_mishne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Israel (<i>Aluf Mishne</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IT-Airforce-OF-5.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Italy (colonnello)"><img alt="Italy (colonnello)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/IT-Airforce-OF-5.png/98px-IT-Airforce-OF-5.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/IT-Airforce-OF-5.png/147px-IT-Airforce-OF-5.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/IT-Airforce-OF-5.png/196px-IT-Airforce-OF-5.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Italy (<i>colonnello</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:15.SKAF-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/15.SKAF-COL.svg/52px-15.SKAF-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/15.SKAF-COL.svg/78px-15.SKAF-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/15.SKAF-COL.svg/104px-15.SKAF-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="893" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Netherlands (kolonel)"><img alt="Netherlands (kolonel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg/68px-Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg/102px-Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg/136px-Nl-luchtmacht-kolonel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Netherlands (<i>kolonel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PAF_COL_Svc.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philippines (Lakan/Coronel)"><img alt="Philippines (Lakan/Coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PAF_COL_Svc.svg/41px-PAF_COL_Svc.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PAF_COL_Svc.svg/62px-PAF_COL_Svc.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PAF_COL_Svc.svg/82px-PAF_COL_Svc.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="1155" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Philippines<br />(<i>Lakan/Coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Poland (pułkownik)"><img alt="Poland (pułkownik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg/51px-Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="51" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg/77px-Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg/103px-Rank_insignia_of_pu%C5%82kownik_of_the_Air_Force_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1860" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Poland (<span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Pu%C5%82kownik" class="mw-redirect" title="Pułkownik">pułkownik</a></i></span>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cor_t.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portugal (coronel)"><img alt="Portugal (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cor_t.jpg" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="92" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Portugal (<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russia (polkovnik)"><img alt="Russia (polkovnik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg/46px-Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="46" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg/69px-Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg/93px-Russia-Airforce-OF-5-2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Russia (<i><a href="/wiki/Polkovnik" title="Polkovnik">polkovnik</a></i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Serbia (pukovnik)"><img alt="Serbia (pukovnik)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg/63px-14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="63" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg/95px-14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg/126px-14-Serbian_Air_Force-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Serbia (<i>pukovnik</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cor-ea.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Spain (coronel)"><img alt="Spain (coronel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cor-ea.svg/54px-Cor-ea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cor-ea.svg/81px-Cor-ea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cor-ea.svg/108px-Cor-ea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="369" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Spain (<i>coronel</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWE-Airforce-%C3%B6verste.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sweden (Överste)"><img alt="Sweden (Överste)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/SWE-Airforce-%C3%B6verste.png/48px-SWE-Airforce-%C3%B6verste.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/SWE-Airforce-%C3%B6verste.png 1.5x" data-file-width="71" data-file-height="178" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Sweden (<i>Överste</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg/49px-Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg/73px-Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg/98px-Taiwan-airforce-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/49px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/73px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/98px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">United States</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:6-CNELAMB.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/6-CNELAMB.png/85px-6-CNELAMB.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/6-CNELAMB.png/128px-6-CNELAMB.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/6-CNELAMB.png/171px-6-CNELAMB.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1123" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Insignia_of_naval_infantry_colonels">Insignia of naval infantry colonels</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Insignia of naval infantry colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg/57px-18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg/86px-18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg/114px-18-TNI_Air_Force-COL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="417" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Indonesia</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Israel (Aluf Mishne)"><img alt="Israel (Aluf Mishne)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png/58px-IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png/87px-IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png/116px-IDF_Navy_aluf_mishne.png 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Israel (<i>Aluf Mishne</i>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg/120px-PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg/180px-PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg/240px-PHIL_ARMY_COL_WOODLAND.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1242" data-file-height="483" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Philippines</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ROKMC-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/ROKMC-OF-5.svg/49px-ROKMC-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/ROKMC-OF-5.svg/73px-ROKMC-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/ROKMC-OF-5.svg/98px-ROKMC-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg/49px-Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg/73px-Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg/98px-Taiwan-Marine-OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg/47px-British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg/70px-British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg/94px-British_Royal_Marines_OF-5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">United Kingdom</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/49px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/73px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/98px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">United States</div></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Insignia_of_colonels_of_other_services">Insignia of colonels of other services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Insignia of colonels of other services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Space-force_O6.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Space Force"><img alt="United States Space Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/US_Space-force_O6.svg/49px-US_Space-force_O6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/US_Space-force_O6.svg/73px-US_Space-force_O6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/US_Space-force_O6.svg/98px-US_Space-force_O6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></div></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonel_as_highest-ranking_officer">Colonel as highest-ranking officer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Colonel as highest-ranking officer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some military forces have a colonel as their highest-ranking officer, with no 'general' ranks, and no superior authority (except, perhaps, the head of state as a titular commander-in-chief) other than the respective national government. Examples include the following (arranged alphabetically by country name): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force" title="Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force">Antigua and Barbuda</a> (170 personnel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Force_of_Costa_Rica" title="Public Force of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a> (about 8,000 personnel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_Crisis_Response_Unit" title="Iceland Crisis Response Unit">Iceland</a> (100 personnel, employed only for peacekeeping duties)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya" title="Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Libya</a> (commands all the Armed Forces – <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a> until 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Monaco" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Monaco">Monaco</a> (two branches, with a total of about 250 personnel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_National_Army" title="Suriname National Army">Suriname</a> (1,800 personnel) (up to 19 June 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_in_Vatican_City" title="Military in Vatican City">Vatican City</a> (110 personnel – the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Swiss_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a>)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Rank insignia for a colonel in several nations which have no higher military rank </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Iceland </th> <th colspan="2">Monaco </th> <th rowspan="2">Vatican City </th></tr> <tr> <th>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Compagnie_des_Carabiniers_du_Prince" title="Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince">CCP</a></th> <th>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Corps_des_Sapeurs-Pompiers_de_Monaco" title="Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Monaco">CSP</a><br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_Oberst_%28OF-5%29_Pontifical_Swiss_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="502" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses_of_colonel_ranks">Other uses of colonel ranks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other uses of colonel ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Colonel (disambiguation)">Colonel (disambiguation)</a></div> <p>The term <i>colonel</i> is also used as a title for auctioneers in the United States; there are a variety of theories or <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk etymologies">folk etymologies</a> to explain the use of the term.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these is the claim that during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> goods seized by armies were sold at auction by the colonel of the division.<sup id="cite_ref-Doyle_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doyle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky colonel">Kentucky colonel</a> is the highest title of honor bestowed by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a>. Commissions for Kentucky colonels are given by the Governor and the Secretary of State to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation. This is the equivalent to a full colonel in the militia. The sitting governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky bestows the honor of a colonel's Commission, by issuance of letters patent. Perhaps the best known Kentucky colonel is <a href="/wiki/Colonel_Sanders" title="Colonel Sanders">Harland Sanders</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a></i> fame. </p><p>The rank of colonel is also used by some police forces and paramilitary organizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">List of comparative military ranks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOliver1983" class="citation book cs1">Oliver, Raymond (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://media.defense.gov/2011/Jan/11/2001330017/-1/-1/0/Why%20is%20the%20Colonel%20called%20Kernal.pdf"><i>Why is the Colonel Called Kernal?</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Sacramento, CA: Office of History, Sacramento Air Logistics Center. p. 13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-10-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+is+the+Colonel+Called+Kernal%3F&rft.place=Sacramento%2C+CA&rft.pages=13&rft.pub=Office+of+History%2C+Sacramento+Air+Logistics+Center&rft.date=1983&rft.aulast=Oliver&rft.aufirst=Raymond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2011%2FJan%2F11%2F2001330017%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FWhy%2520is%2520the%2520Colonel%2520called%2520Kernal.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AColonel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:1_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.militar.org.ua/militar/hm/historia-militar-espana-tercios-espanoles-batalla-de-pavia.html#coronelia">Los tercios españoles. La batalla de Pavía</a> at militar.org.ua (in Spanish, unspecified authorship)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See this list of colonel-in-chief appointments held by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/specialrelationshipsandregiments/">The Prince of Wales.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121017130148/http://princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/specialrelationshipsandregiments/">Archived</a> 2012-10-17 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A webpage by a Scottish regiment concerning <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/colonel.html">their colonel-in-chief.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219214929/http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/colonel.html">Archived</a> 2007-12-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200624043501/https://www.suriname.nu/surinamenieuws/minister-benschop-bevorderd-tot-generaal-majoor-su/">"Minister Benschop bevorderd tot Generaal-Majoor"</a>. <i>Suriname.nu</i> (in Dutch). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.suriname.nu/surinamenieuws/minister-benschop-bevorderd-tot-generaal-majoor-su/">the original</a> on June 24, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Suriname.nu&rft.atitle=Minister+Benschop+bevorderd+tot+Generaal-Majoor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.suriname.nu%2Fsurinamenieuws%2Fminister-benschop-bevorderd-tot-generaal-majoor-su%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AColonel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeabLeab1981" class="citation book cs1">Leab, Daniel J.; Leab, Katharine Kyes (29 December 1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7p9HAQAAIAAJ&q=auctioneer+colonel"><i>The auction companion</i></a>. 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