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Generalleutnant

General officer rank in the German and Austrian armed forces

Summary

General officer rank in the German and Austrian armed forces

Field	Value
name	Generalleutnant
image	[[File:Stander General Austria.svg	100px	border]]
image2
caption2	Service and field uniform
country	Austria
Non-NATO rank	OF-8

Generalleutnant () is the German-language variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.

Austria

| Non-NATO rank = OF-8

Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of OF-8.

Germany

| Non-NATO rank =

Generalleutnant, short GenLt, ('lieutenant general') is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army (Heer) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). This three-star rank in other countries is lieutenant general.

Rank in modern Germany

The rank is rated OF-8 in NATO, and is grade B9 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence. It is equivalent to Vizeadmiral in the German Navy (Marine), or to Generaloberstabsarzt, and Admiraloberstabsarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr. On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three golden pips (stars) in golden oak leaves.

History

German armies and air forces until 1945

Historical ranks (ascending):

Generalmajor
Generalleutnant
General der Waffengattung
Generaloberst
Generalfeldmarschall

Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht

Generalleutnant was in the German Reich, and Nazi Germany the second lowest general officer rank, comparable to the two-star rank in many NATO-armed forces (Rangcode OF-7). It was equivalent to Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine, and SS-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS until 1945.

;Rank insignia Generalleutnant/ Vizeadmiral:

Branch	German Army	Luftwaffe	Waffen-SS	Kriegsmarine	Collar	Shoulder	Sleeve
designation
[[File:Collar tabs for the Generals of the Heer.svg	65px]]	[[File:Luftwaffe collar tabs Generalmajor 3D.svg	100px]]	[[File:SS-Gruppenführer Collar Rank.svg	100px]]	None
[[File:WMacht H OF7 GenLt h 1945.svg	100px]]	[[File:Luftwaffe epaulette Generalleutnant.svg	100px]]	[[File:SS-Gruppenführer h.svg	100px]]	[[File:Kriegsmarine epaulette Vizeadmiral.svg	100px]]
[[File:GenLt Gruf OF7 cam slv 1945.svg	100px]]	[[File:Luftwaffe flightsuit Generalleutnant.svg	100px]]	[[File:GenLt Gruf OF7 cam slv 1945.svg	100px]]	[[File:Kriegsmarine-Vizeadmiral.svg	50px]]
Generalleutnant	SS-Gruppenführer
und Generalleutnant
der Waffen-SS	Vizeadmiral

National People's Army

Generalleutnant was in the so-called armed organs of the GDR (), represented by Ministry of National Defence, and Ministry for State Security, the second lowest general officer rank, comparable to the two-star rank in many NATO-Armed forces. This was in reference to Soviet military doctrine and in line with other armed forces of the Warsaw Pact.

Insignia

Insignia		Shoulder
rank	German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany	East Germany	Germany
[[File:WMacht H OF7 GenLt 1945.svg	50px]]	General der WaffengattungGeneralmajor
[[File:GDR Army OF7 Generalleutnant.png	50px]]	GeneraloberstGeneralmajor
[[File:HD H 63 Generalleutnant.svg	50px]]	GeneralGeneralmajor

Notes

References

de:Generalleutnant

References

"Rank Insignias". [[Bundesheer]].

Wikipedia Source

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