colonel general
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military rank in some armies, usually equivalent to that of a full general in other armies
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- Instance of
- military rank
- Subclass of
- four-star rank
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- Commons category
- Colonel generals
- topic's main category
- Category:Colonel generals
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- next higher rank
- general of the army
- next lower rank
- lieutenant general
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Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and Generaloberst was a rank above full General, but below Generalfeldmarschall. The rank of colonel general is also used in the armed forces organized along the lines of the Soviet model, where it is comparable to that of a lieutenant general.
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