massed bands on parade before being followed by the State Anthem of the Soviet Union. Parades were also held in Bratislava as well. Equipment Ground Forces Air and Air Defence Forces Ranks of the Czechoslovak People's Army Enlisted and non-commissioned officers Vojín – Private, Airman Svobodník – Private First Class, Airman First Class Desátník – Corporal, Senior Airman Četař – Sergeant Rotný – Staff Sergeant Staršina – Platoon Sergeant, Flight sergeant (part of the rank system 1948–1959) Rotmistr – Sergeant First Class, Technical Sergeant Nadrotmistr – Master Sergeant Štábní rotmistr – First Sergeant Warrant officers Podpraporčík – First Warrant Officer Praporčík – Warrant officer Nadpraporčík – Senior Warrant Officer Štábní praporčík – Chief Warrant Officer (abolished 1949) Officers Podporučík – Sub-lieutenant Poručík – Second lieutenant Nadporučík – First lieutenant Kapitán – Captain Štábní kapitán – Senior Captain (abolished 1952) Major Podplukovník – Lieutenant colonel Plukovník – Colonel Brigádní generál – Brigade General (abolished 1950) Divizní generál – Divisional General (abolished 1950) Generálmajor – Major General Generálporučík – Lieutenant General Sborový generál – Corps General (abolished 1950) Generálplukovník – Colonel General Armádní generál – General of the Army See also Army of the Czech Republic Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic Holešov barracks incident, paratroopers, 1968 References Defense Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Survey: Armed Forces, May 1974 (declassified in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act) Rice, Condoleezza. The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain Allegiance. Princeton University Press, 2014. Steven J. Zaloga and James Loop, Soviet Bloc Elite Forces, London: Osprey, 1985 External links ČSLA (Czechoslovak People's Army) – professional website dedicated to this former military Československá armáda (Czechoslovak Army) – website about Czechoslovak and Czech forces since 1918 Weapons and Equipment of the Czechoslovak People's Army 1948–1989 od ČSLA k AČR I. Czechoslovak Military Parade 1985 Military of Czechoslovakia Warsaw Pact Disbanded armies Military units and formations of the Cold War Czechoslovak Socialist Republic