Lieutenant colonel is the sixth-highest officer rank in armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Federal Armed Forces. In the Austrian federal army and in the Italian army the lieutenant colonel standing between major and Colonel is likewise the sixth-highest officer rank. In Swiss army the lieutenant colonel is also located between major and Colonel and is (in times of peace) the fifth-highest officer rank.

Historical

The name leads itself off from Colonel, a very old rank and the French "lieutenant "(deputy), a lieutenant colonel was thus originally a representative of the regiment boss in the rank of a highest one.

Rank, grade category and group of careers together with paying in the German Federal Armed Forces

Lieutenant colonel (Oberstlt, OTL) is in Germany a career soldier in the sixth-highest officer rank at the army and Air Force. At the German navy the equivalent rank is called commander. In the of the German Federal Armed Forces the upper field physician/flotilla physician, upper field pharmacist/flotilla pharmacist, is upper field veterinarian.

Soldiers in this rank can give crews, NCOs without Portepee, NCOs with Portepee, within the borders set by the superior regulation (VorgV) second lieutenants and main people of instructions.

The lieutenant colonel belongs to the grade category of the staff officers, whose second highest rank is he. He is paid after the federal pay regulation (BBesO) with A14 and/or A15. Lieutenant colonel A14 is the final rank (a career goal) of the occupation officers, if they did not complete the general staff training course.

The lieutenant colonel carries silver oak leaves with two silver stars (also Pickel called).

Characteristics of the rank

The lieutenant colonel is used mostly as battalion or regiment commander up to the most diverse staff officer uses on all leadership levels (brigade, division, corps, office, Ministry or in international staffs and Hauptquartien). In addition it as a lecture-room leader or inspection boss at schools of the German Federal Armed Forces becomes or as S3/stellv. Battalion commander (training, planning and operations) assigned.

Other armies

NVA

Similarly to the German Federal Armed Forces the rank of the lieutenant colonel in the national People's Army of the GDR designated the middle rank in the group of the staff officers.

1. In NATO the lieutenant colonel has the rank code OF-4.
2. The English designation reads lieutenant Colonel

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