Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant;
	Army and Air Force insignia
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Army; German Air Force
Rank	Three-star
NATO rank code	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	O-9
Formation	1956
Next higher rank	General
Next lower rank	Generalmajor
Equivalent ranks	Vizeadmiral

Generalleutnant, short GenLt, (English: lieutenant general) is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army (Heer) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).

Rank

The rank is rated OF-8 in NATO, and is grade B7 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)

Bundeswehr sequence of ranks ascending

junior rank:
Generalmajor

(German officer rank)
Generalleutnant

senior rank:
General (Germany)

Generalleutnant in East Germany

Generalleutnant (en: lieutenant general) 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.

For the use of this two-star rank in modern NATO armed forces, see major general.

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

See also: Ranks of the National People's Army

Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht

Generalleutnant (en: lieutenant general) 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.