Cybertronian military insignia

War for Cybertron: Siege

Autobots

	Infantry	Recon / Intelligence^[1]	Medical	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery	Transport
General	Ground Command: Optimus Prime Classic Animation Optimus Prime ~~Nemesis Prime~~^[2] Space Command: Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime				Space Command: Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime^[3]
Major	Ground Command: ~~Bluestreak~~^[4] Prowl Ultra Magnus
Captain	Ground Command: Ironhide			Air Command: Jetfire	Ground Command: Autobot Impactor		Space Command: Omega Supreme
Sergeant	Ground Command: Autobot Hound Autobot Sixgun	Ground Command: Slamdance			Ground Command: Chromia Autobot Mirage Holo Mirage ~~Autobot Ratchet~~^[5] Air Command: Autobot Springer	Ground Command: Cog
Private	Ground Command: Powerdasher Aragon Red Heat Road-Police Sideswipe Stakeout Wheel Blaze Air Command: Ground Shaker Overair	Ground Command: Roadhandler Swindler	Ground Command: Red Alert	Ground Command: Autobot Ratchet^[5]	Ground Command: Autobot Greenlight Highjump Autobot Powertrain Covert Clone Sideswipe ~~Smokescreen~~^[6]	Ground Command: Bluestreak Crosshairs Dazzlestrike Firedrive Flak Lionizer Rung Smashdown Autobot Topshot Trenchfoot Air Command: Pteraxadon	Ground Command: Irontread Ricon
Specialist^[7]				Ground Command: Autobot Ratchet^[5] ~~Omega Supreme~~^[8]

↑ Concept art on Hasbro Pulse shows that eight units were under consideration at some stage in development: infantry, intelligence, medic, engineer, special ops, artillery, recon, and transport. While this particular symbol has been used, it has not been positively identified as being intelligence or recon; either way, it is the Autobot counterpart to the Decepticons' espionage unit.
↑ Nemesis Prime's packaging uses many unchanged assets from Optimus Prime's, even including an instruction sheet for Optimus. Suffice it to say, we don't expect he's really supposed to be a general in the Autobot army.
↑ Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime receives a unique Space Command Special Ops General insignia on the Siege webpage, but the accompanying text identifies him as a Space Command Infantry General, as do his box and instructions.
↑ Bluestreak's box (as well as his later Earthrise toy) identifies him as a Ground Command Artillery Private; his rank on his instruction sheet is copied and pasted from the earlier Prowl, of whom he is a redeco.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 While Ratchet's box and instructions classify him as a Ground Command Engineering Private, his box's inner tay features a unique insignia that his profile on the Siege webpage clarifies is for a Ground Command Engineering Specialist. However, said website also erroneously gives him Mirage's insignia, for a Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant, despite this directly contradicting the corresponding text.
↑ In general, Generations Selects toys did not receive ranks as part of their packaging material. However, Smokescreen's toy was used as a model for his appearance on his Siege trading card.
↑ In the real world U.S. Armed Forces, Specialist is a rank above Private and below Sergeant. However, as we have no confirmation that that's how it works on Cybertron – especially with Ratchet being the only confirmed specialist across two-and-a-half years of toylines – we have listed the rank on its own row below.
↑ As part of the webpage foulup that gave Ratchet Mirage's insignia, Ratchet's Specialist insignia was pushed onto Omega Supreme. Nonetheless, Omega's web profile reinforces his Space Command Transport Captain rank.

Decepticons

	Infantry	Espionage	Applied Sciences	Black Ops	Weapons	Transport
General	Ground Force: Megatron Classic Animation Megatron Combat Megatron^[2]
Major		Ground Force: Soundwave	Space Force: Decepticon Shockwave Galactic Man Shockwave^[2]
Captain	Air Force: Starscream					Space Force: Astrotrain
Sergeant	Ground Force: Barricade Decepticon Impactor Air Force: Thundercracker			Air Force: Skywarp	Ground Force: Soundblaster^[3]
Raider^[4]	Ground Force: Decepticon Blackjack Hyperdrive Air Force: Seeker Acid Storm Seeker Ion Storm ~~Nightflight~~^[5] Seeker Nova Storm Slyhopper Spinister^[6] Storm Cloud Visper	Ground Force: Apeface Ravage Refraktor Decepticon Rumble Spectro Spyglass Viewfinder Air Force: Laserbeak Shrute Terror-Daxtyl	Air Force: Ratbat	Air Force: Nightflight Skytread ~~Slyhopper~~^[5]	Ground Force: Brunt Cratermaker Direct-Hit Fireline Power Punch Air Force: Aimless Blowpipe Caliburst Decepticon Fracas Singe

↑ At one stage of production, the Decepticon military structure featured the same eight units as the Autobots, until both sets were apparently narrowed down to seven, and the Decepticon units were given more sinister names. This particular symbol remained unusued until it appeared on the packaging of Earthrise Roller Force and Ground Hog; given the similarity in shape to an early medic symbol, as well as Ground Hog's More than Meets the Eye bio describing him as repairing and improving his teammates, the educated guess is that this symbol represents the Decepticons' medical unit.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 As noted, Selects toys did not usually include insignias. Combat Megatron and Galactic Man Shockwave are the two sole exceptions, as the instruction sheets for both toys feature the same insignias as their mainline counterparts.
↑ Soundblaster would later also be associated with the Mercenaries.
↑ The Siege website and trading card game make clear that the Decepticon equivalent to the rank of "Private" is "Raider".
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 The instructions for Nightflight and Slyhopper swap their ranks over compared to the box. In situations where the box and instructions direcly contradict each other – such as Bluestreak above, or Sunstreaker, Hotlink, and Scrapface below – it's usually the box that is correct.
↑ Spinister's instruction sheet is misprinted with the Autobot logo and colour scheme; despite this, he still receives a proper Decepticon system insignia.

Toys with no insignia

Autobots

Decepticons

Siege

Autobot Countdown

Selects

Siege

Spasma

Selects

Nightbird
^{(later established as a Mercenary)}
Decepticon Red Wing

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

Autobots

	Infantry	Medical	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery
General	Ground Command: Optimus Prime
Major	Ground Command: Prowl
Captain	Ground Command: Ironhide		Ground Command: Autobot Grapple ~~Ironworks~~^[1] ~~Wheeljack~~^[2] Space Command: Ironworks	Ground Command: Trailbreaker
Sergeant			Ground Command: Wheeljack	Ground Command: Arcee Smokescreen
Private	Ground Command: Cliffjumper Autobot Daddy-O ~~Sunstreaker~~^[3] Trip-Up	Ground Command: Hoist	Air Command: Soundbarrier	Ground Command: Sunstreaker Space Command: Autobot Blast Master Fuzer	Ground Command: Bluestreak Rung Air Command: Smashdown

↑ The inner tray of Ironworks' box features a Ground Command Engineering Captain insignia; the rest of the box, the instructions, and the Earthrise webpage all agree on them being a Space Command Engineering Captain.
↑ The inner tray of Wheeljack's box also features a Ground Command Engineering Captain insignia; again, the box, instructions, webpage, and his later War for Cybertron Trlogy toy agree that he's a Ground Command Engineering Sergeant.
↑ Sunstreaker's instructions put him as a Ground Command Infantry Private, but his box and his webpage profile concur on Ground Command Special Ops Private.

Decepticons

	Infantry	Espionage	Medical	Applied Sciences	Black Ops	Weapons	Transport
General	Ground Force: Megatron
Major
Captain	Air Force: Starscream						Space Force: Astrotrain
Sergeant	Air Force: Dirge Doubledealer^[1] Ramjet Thrust^[1] Thundercracker Space Force: Decepticon Snapdragon^[1]	Ground Force: Decepticon Pounce			Air Force: Decepticon Airwave Skywarp
Raider	Space Force: Decepticon Fasttrack		Ground Force: Decepticon Ground Hog Roller Force	Ground Force: Decepticon Doublecrosser Air Force: Wingspan	Ground Force: Decepticon Runabout Runamuck	Ground Force: Direct-Hit Power Punch Air Force: Bombshock Decepticon Growl

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In addition to being Decepticons, Doubledealer, Snapdragon, and Thrust have also been associated with the Mercenaries, either in marketing material or parts of their packaging.

Toys with no insignia

Autobots

Decepticons

Others

Earthrise

Galactic Odyssey Collection

Selects

Earthrise

Galactic Odyssey Collection

Selects

Mercenaries

Selects
- Bug Bite
- Decepticon Exhaust

Quintessons

Earthrise

Evil Autobots

Selects
- Shattered Glass Optimus Prime
- Shattered Glass Ratchet

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

Autobots

	Infantry	Recon / Intelligence	Medical	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery	Transport
General
Major
Captain
Sergeant
Private

Decepticons

	Infantry	Espionage	Medical	Applied Sciences	Black Ops	Weapons	Transport
General
Major
Captain
Sergeant
Raider

Toys with no insignia

Autobots

Decepticons

Kingdom

Selects

Kingdom

Selects

War for Cybertron Trilogy

Autobots

	Infantry	Medical	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery
General	Ground Command: Optimus Prime
Major	Ground Command: Autobot Elita-1 Ultra Magnus
Captain				Ground Command: Autobot Impactor
Sergeant	Ground Command: Autobot Hound		Ground Command: Wheeljack	Ground Command: Chromia Decepticon Mirage^[1]
Private	Ground Command: Deep Cover ~~Fangtron~~^[2] ~~Giza^[2]~~ ~~Nemesis Prime~~^[2] Sideswipe ~~Ultra Magnus~~^[3]	Ground Command: Red Alert	Air Command: Sheeldron		Ground Command: Captive Lionizer Captive Pinpointer Air Command: Enerax

↑ In fiction, the toy of "Decepticon Mirage" is used to represent Mirage in disguise, hence his placement in the Autobot military despite being sold under Decepticon branding.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The TakaraTomy release of Nemesis Prime with Fangtron and Giza was released in conventional windowed packaging, as opposed to the Hasbro version's "spoiler unboxing" design. As with Nemesis Prime's Siege toy, an unfitting insignia is used as a design element with no deeper meaning; in this case, (Autobot) Ground Command Infantry Private symbols are placed next to all three figures in the set.
↑ Just like Nemesis Prime, Ultra Magnus' Japanese release was in windowed packaging, with the back of the box featuring a Ground Command Infantry Private insignia. Unlike Nemesis Prime's box, which featured three, Ultra Magnus's packaging only featured one insignia – leaving his pack-in partner, "Battlefield Rung", with no rank in all markets.