Lieutenant general
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Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general.
In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an army corps, typically made up of three army divisions, and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers.
The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenant outranks a sergeant major). Several countries (e.g. Balkan states) use the rank of lieutenant colonel general instead of lieutenant general, in an attempt to solve this apparent anomaly.[1]
In contrast, in Russia and a number of other countries of the former Soviet Union, lieutenant general is a rank immediately below colonel general, and above major general – in these systems there is no use of the brigadier general of many Western countries.
In addition, some countries use the lieutenant general as the rank of divisional commander, and some have designated them with French revolutionary system. For example, some countries of South America use divisional general as the equivalent of lieutenant general.
Lieutenant general ranks by country
- Lieutenant general (Australia)
- Lieutenant general (Bangladesh)
- Lieutenant-general (Canada)
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- Lieutenant general (India)
- Lieutenant general (Nigeria)
- Lieutenant general (Pakistan)
- Lieutenant general (Sri Lanka)
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- Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
- Lieutenant general (United States)
Army ranks
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(Belarusian Ground Forces) -
Lieutenant general
(Gambian National Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Ghana Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Namibian Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Nigerian Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Philippine Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Sierra Leone Army) -
Lieutenant general
(South Sudan Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Eswatini Army) -
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(Ukrainian Ground Forces) -
Lieutenant general
(Zambian Army) -
Lieutenant general
(Zimbabwe National Army)
Air force ranks
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General-leytenant (Russian Aerospace Forces)
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Heneral-leytenant (Ukrainian Air Force)
Naval infantry
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General-leytenant (Russian Naval Infantry)
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Lieutenant-general
(Royal Marines)
See also
- Comparative military ranks
- Lieutenant-general insignia
- List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960
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