Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant is the Germanic variant of Lieutenant general, used in some of German speaking countries.

Austria

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.

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.

Heer	Luftwaffe	... to service uniform
Generalleutnant (field suit) Generalleutnant (retired)	Generalleutnant (flecktarn) General-oberstabsarzt (human medicine) General-oberstabsarzt (desert suit)	Gorget patch (right) Gorget patch (left)

junior rank:
Generalmajor

(German officer rank)
Generalleutnant

senior rank:
General (Germany)

Generalleutnant was in the so-called armed organs of the GDR (German: Bewaffnete Organe der DDR), 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 (Rangcode OF-7). This was in reference to Soviet military doctrine and in line with other armed forces of the Warsaw Pact.

The equivalent rank of the Volksmarine (en: GDR Navy) was the Viceadmiral, often called simply Herr Admiral for short.

Junior Rank
Generalmajor

National People's Army rank
Generalleutnant
(Viceadmiral)

Senior Rank
Generaloberst

Rank insignias Generalleutnant / Vizeadmiral (OF-7)
Stasi	Land forces	Air Force	Border troops	Volksmarine

Generalleutnant				Vizeadmiral

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.

Branch	German Army	Waffen-SS	Kriegsmarine
Collar			None
Shoulder
Sleeve
Rank designation	Generalleutnant	SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS	Vizeadmiral

junior rank:
Generalmajor

(German officer rank)
Generalleutnant

senior rank:
General of the branch

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