Lieutenant colonel

Common military ranks in English
Navies	Armies	Air forces
Commissioned and Non-commissioned officers
Admiral of the fleet	Marshal or Field marshal	Marshal of the air force
Admiral	General	Air chief marshal
Vice admiral	Lieutenant general	Air marshal
Rear admiral	Major general	Air vice-marshal
Commodore	Brigadier or Brigadier general	Air commodore
Captain	Colonel	Group captain
Commander	Lieutenant colonel	Wing commander
Lieutenant commander	Major or Commandant	Squadron leader
Lieutenant	Captain	Flight lieutenant
Sub-lieutenant	Lieutenant or First lieutenant	Flying officer
Ensign	Second lieutenant	Pilot officer
Midshipman	Officer cadet	Flight cadet
Enlisted grades
Warrant officer or Chief petty officer	Warrant officer or Sergeant major	Warrant officer
Petty officer	Sergeant	Sergeant
Leading seaman	Corporal	Corporal
Seaman	Private	Aircraftman

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence.^[1] A lieutenant colonel is typically in charge of a battalion 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 (France)
• Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)^[2]
• Lieutenant colonel (United States)

Lieutenant colonel equivalents

• Afghanistan — Dagarman (دګرمن)
• Arab world — Moqaddam (مقدم)
• Albania — Nënkolonel
• 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
• 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
• Germany — Oberstleutnant
  • Nazi Germany — Obersturmbannführer (only in the SS))
• Georgia — Vice-colonel (vitse-polkovniki)
• Greece — Antisyntagmatarkhis
• Honduras — [Teniente Coronel]]
• Hungary — Alezredes
• Indonesia — Letnan kolonel (abbreviated Letkol).^{[lower-alpha 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 Худандаа (Ded Khurandaa)
• Netherlands — Luitenant-kolonel
• Norway — Oberstløytnant
• 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
• Sweden — Överstelöjtnant
• Switzerland — Oberstleutnant (German language), Lieutenant-colonel (French language)
• Thailand — พันโท
• Turkey — Yarbay
• Ukraine — Pidpolkovnyk
• Vietnam — Trung Tá

See also

• Comparative military ranks
• Canadian Forces ranks and insignia
• British Army officer rank insignia
• U.S. Army officer rank insignia

Notes

1. All Indonesian military services share the same rank name and insignia – i.e. two gold jasmine buds. A lieutenant colonel in the Army usually has a billet as battalion commander, regiment / brigade chief of staff, headquarters staff, department head, or commander of any unit that has the same level as battalion. In the Navy, the common billet is ship's commanding officer, squadron commander, shore department head or staff position. In the Air Force, it has the billet of squadron commander of battalion commander of Air Force Special Force's Corps. In the Marine Corps, usual billet is infantry battalion commander or infantry brigade's chief of staff, although it can command an artillery or cavalry regiment.

References

1. LTC Keith E. Bonn, Army Officer's Guide, 50th Edition, p. 14. Mechanicsville, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2005.
2. British Army website Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

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