Marshal of the branch was nominally the equivalent rank level to army general.

Also, on October 27, 1943, the ranks of marshal of the branches engineer troops and signals were established.

While the rank of marshal of a branch was apparently equal to the one of general of the army (who was only entitled to the four small shoulder board stars), the marshals of branches had the marshal's star of the 2nd level on the tie and the large 40mm star on the shoulder boards, but the general of the army had neither.

The rank insignia of marshal of the branch was a large (~50mm-wide) five-pointed shoulder board star (at the time the same star was used on the shoulder boards of marshals of the Soviet Union).

The regulations of Russian Army, confirmed in 1993, unified the system of general ranks in all the branches.