What is the rank of Zimbabwe's army in Africa?

Answer 1

The military of Zimbabwe uses the same rank structure which it used when it was still Rhodesia. Rhodesia was a colony of the United Kingdom until they issued a unilateral declaration of independence in 1964. Thus, the rank structure is British. One variation of the Rhodesian/Zimbabwe rank structure which is absent from other Commonwealth forces is the absence of the crown in any military insignia - in Commonwealth forces, the crown is a symbol of the British monarch as head of state. When the United Kingdom refused to accept Rhodesia as a Commonwealth Dominion, Ian Smith declared Rhodesia a Republic, and the crown was removed from all military ranks and badges.