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Lieutenant colonel general

Lieutenant colonel general

Military rank used in a number of Balkan armed forces

See also: Lieutenant general

Lieutenant colonel general (Serbo-Croatian: генерал-потпуковник, general-potpukovnik, lit. 'general sub-colonel') is a general officer rank in a number of armed forces in the countries of the Balkans. The rank can be traced back the ranks used by the Yugoslav People's Army, and contiues to be used in a number of former Yugoslav countries following the breakup of Yugoslavia.[1]

Countries which use Lieutenant colonel general

The rank of lieutenant colonel general represents a rationalisation of the situation in some armies of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, when a major outranks a lieutenant.[citation needed]

Lieutenant colonel general's insignia

Army

Air force

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Die jugoslawische Armee" [The Yugoslav Army]. Der Landser (in German). Hamburg: Erich Pabel Verlag. December 1975. pp. 61–62.
  2. [2]
    "IV. Izgled Činova u Vojsci". Official Gazette of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 50 (10): 22–28. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "УРЕДБА ЗА ОЗНАКИТЕ ЗА УНИФОРМИТЕ НА АРМИЈАТА НА РЕПУБЛИКА СЕВЕРНА МАКЕДОНИЈА" [Regulation on the Markings for the Uniforms of the Army of the Republic Northern of Macedonia]. dejure.mk (in Macedonian). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. [4]
    "ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ". vs.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Čini in razredi". slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian). Slovenian Armed Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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