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Within modern armed forces, the use of ranks is almost universal. [[Communist state|Communist states]] have sometimes abolished ranks (e.g., the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] 1918–1935,<ref>Rosignoli, Guido (1984). ''World Army Badges and Insignia Since 1939''. Dorset: Blandford Press.</ref> the [[Malayan EmergencyChina|Chinese]] [[Military organization|People's Liberation Army]] 1965–1988,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2002/aug02/eastAsia.html |title=CCC – China's Upcoming Leadership Changes and the PLA<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-01-31 |archive-date=2012-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118140817/http://www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2002/aug02/eastAsia.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Albanian People's Army]] 1966–1991<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/93042885/|title=Albania: A Country Study|date=1994|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|isbn=0844407925|editor1-last=Zickel|editor1-first=Raymond E.|editor2-last=Iwaskiw|editor2-first=Walter R.|edition=2nd|location=Washington, D.C.|oclc=29360048|access-date=2020-11-02|archive-date=2020-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103001713/https://www.loc.gov/item/93042885/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>), but they have had to re-establish them after encountering operational difficulties in [[command and control]].