Generalleutnant


Generalleutnant, short GenLt, is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army and the German Air Force.

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, or to Generaloberstabsarzt, and Admiraloberstabsarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr. On the shoulder straps there are three golden pips in golden oak leaves.
HeerLuftwaffe... to service uniform

;Bundeswehr sequence of ranks ascending:
junior rank:
Generalmajor

Generalleutnant		senior rank:
General

Generalleutnant in East Germany

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.
The equivalent rank of the Volksmarine was the Viceadmiral, often called simply Herr Admiral for short.
Junior Rank
Generalmajor
National People's Army rank
Generalleutnant
Senior Rank
Generaloberst

;See also: Ranks of the National People's Army

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. It was equivalent to Viceadmiral in the Kriegsmarine, and SS-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS until 1945.
;Rank insignia Generalleutnant/ Vizeadmiral:
;Sequence of ranks ascenting:
junior rank:
Generalmajor

'Generalleutnant		senior rank:
General of the branch