Officers
| NATO code | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-1/2/3/4/5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | |
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| Insignia | |||||||||||
| Title | Second Lieutenant | First Lieutenant | Captain | Major | Lieutenant Colonel | Colonel | Specialist Officer | Brigadier General | Major General | Lieutenant General | General |
| Abbreviation | 2 Lt | 1 Lt/LFC | Capt | Maj | LTC / Lt Col | Col | Spec Of | Brig Gen | Maj Gen | Lt Gen | Gen |
- Second Lieutenant (2 Lt) – Leutnant (Lt); lieutenant (lt); litenent (lt); tenente (ten).
- First Lieutenant (1 Lt/LFC) – Oberleutnant (Oblt); premier-lieutenant (plt); primlitenent (plt); primo tenente (1 ten).
- Captain (Capt) – Hauptmann (Hptm); capitaine (cap); chapitani (chap); capitano (cap).
- Major (Maj) – Major (Maj); major (maj); maior (mai); maggiore (magg).
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC/Lt Col) – Oberstleutnant (Oberstlt); lieutenant-colonel (lt col); litinent colonel (lt col); tenete colonnello (ten col).
- Colonel (Col) – Oberst (Oberst); colonel (col); colonel (col); colonnello (col).
- Specialist Officer – Fachoffizier; officier spécialiste (of spéc); uffizier spezialist (uff spez); ufficiale specialista (uff spec).
- Brigadier General (Brig Gen) – Brigadier (Br); brigadier (br); brigadier (br); brigadiere (br).
- Major General (Maj Gen) – Divisionär (Div); divisionnaire (div); divisiunari (div); divisionario (div).
- Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) – Korpskommandant (KKdt); commandant de corps (cdt C); cumandant da corp (cdt C); comandante di corpo (cdt C).
- General (Gen) – General (Gen); général (gén); general (gen); generale (gen): the rank is only assigned during time of war. If needed, the general is elected by the Federal Assembly and is the commander of the whole army and air force; however, he is subordinate to the Federal Council. Generals were appointed during the Neuchâtel Crisis (Guillaume Henri Dufour), Franco-Prussian War (Hans Herzog), First World War (Ulrich Wille) and Second World War (Henri Guisan).
The four highest ranks can wear a dress uniform Kepi with additional rank insignia:
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Brigadier General
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Major General
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Lieutenant General
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General
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