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Lieutenant colonel (UK /lɛfˈtɛnənt ˈk[unsupported input]nəl/ or US /luːˈtɛnənt ˈkɜrnəl/) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence. Sometimes, the term 'half-colonel' is used in casual conversation in the British Army.[1] In the United States Air Force, the term 'light bird' or 'light bird colonel' is an acceptable casual reference to the rank but is never used directly towards the rank holder. A lieutenant colonel is typically in charge of a battalion or regiment in the army.
Lieutenant colonel ranks by country[]
The following articles deal with the rank of lieutenant colonel (or its equivalent)
- Lieutenant-colonel (Canada)
- Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)[2]
- Lieutenant colonel (United States)
- Lieutenant-colonel (France) (in French)
Lieutenant colonel equivalents[]
- Azerbaijan – Polkovnik leytenant
- Afghanistan — Dagarman (دګرمن)
- Arab world — Moqaddam (مقدم)
- Albania — Nënkolonel
- Argentina – Teniente Coronel
- Armenia — Pokhgndapet (փոխգնդապետ)
- Austria — Oberstleutnant
- Belgium — Lieutenant-colonel (French language), Luitenant-kolonel (Dutch language)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — Potpukovnik
- Brazil — Tenente-coronel
- Chile – Teniente Coronel
- Bulgaria — Podpolkovnik
- Canada — Lieutenant-colonel (French language)
- Cambodia — Lok Vorsenito (លោកវរសេនីយ៍ទោ)
- Colombia — Teniente Coronel
- Croatia – Podpukovnik
- Czech Republic — Podplukovník
- People's Republic of China — 中校 (Zhōng xiào)
- Republic of China (Taiwan) — 中校 (Zhōng xiào)
- Denmark — Oberstløjtnant
- Estonia — Kolonelleitnant
- Ethiopia — Lieutenant koronel
- Finland — Everstiluutnantti, Överstelöjtnant
- France — Lieutenant-colonel
- Germany — Oberstleutnant
- Nazi Germany — Obersturmbannführer (only in the SS)
- Georgia – Vice-colonel (vitse-polkovniki)
- Greece — Antisyntagmatarkhis
- Honduras — Teniente Coronel
- Hungary — Alezredes
- India ― Lieutenant Colonel
- Indonesia — Letnan kolonel (abbreviated Letkol)[n 1]
- Iran — Sarhang dovom (سرهنگ دوم)
- Israel — Sgan aluf (סגן-אלוף / סא״ל)
- Italy — Tenente colonnello
- Japan — Ni sa (二佐)
- North Korea — Jungjwa (중좌)
- South Korea — Jungryung (중령)
- Latvia — Pulkvežleitnants
- Lithuania — Pulkininkas leitenantas
- Macedonia – Потполковник (Potpolkovnik)
- Malaysia – Leftenan-Kolonel
- Malta — Logotenent kurunell
- Mongolia — Дэд Хурандаа (Ded Khurandaa)
- Netherlands — Luitenant-kolonel
- Norway — Oberstløytnant
- Pakistan – Lieutenant Colonel
- Philippines — Kalakan (Tagalog), Teniente Coronel (Spanish)
- Poland — Podpułkownik
- Portugal — Tenente-coronel
- Romania — Locotenent colonel
- Russia — Podpolkovnik
- Serbia — Potpukovnik
- Slovakia — Podplukovník
- Slovenia — Podpolkovnik
- Somalia — Gaashaanle Dhexe
- South Africa — Commandant/kommandant (1950–1994); Lieutenant-colonel or Luitenant-kolonel (Afrikaans language: pre-1950 and post-1994)
- Spain and some Spanish speaking countries — Teniente coronel
- Sri Lanka - Lieutenant Colonel[3]
- Sweden — Överstelöjtnant
- Switzerland — Oberstleutnant (German language), Lieutenant-colonel (French language)
- Thailand — พันโท
- Turkey — Yarbay
- Ukraine — Pidpolkovnyk
- Vietnam — Trung Tá
Gallery[]
Bangladesh Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
Belgian Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Potpukovnik)
(Potpukovnik)
Brazilian Army
(Tenente Coronel)
(Tenente Coronel)
British Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
Canadian Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
Danish Army
(Oberstløjtnant)
(Oberstløjtnant)
French Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
German Army
(Oberstleutnant)
(Oberstleutnant)
Indian Army (Lieutenant Colonel)
Italian Army
Tenente colonnello
Tenente colonnello
Portuguese Army
(Tenente Coronel)
(Tenente Coronel)
Serbian Army
(Potpukovnik)
(Potpukovnik)
Spanish Army
(Teniente Coronel)
(Teniente Coronel)
United States Army
(Lieutenant Colonel)
(Lieutenant Colonel)
Royal Netherlands Army
(Luitenant-Kolonel)
(Luitenant-Kolonel)
See also[]
- Comparative military ranks
- Canadian Forces ranks and insignia
- British Army officer rank insignia
- United States Army officer rank insignia
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ LTC Keith E. Bonn, Army Officer's Guide, 50th Edition, p. 14. Mechanicsville, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2005.
- ↑ British Army website Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Army" (in en), Wikipedia, 2020-05-17, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Military_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Army&oldid=957205395, retrieved 2020-08-03
External links[]
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