Lieutenant colonel general rank of lieutenant colonel general corresponds to command of a division. A lieutenant colonel general in the Republic of Macedonia ("генерал потполковник") and Slovenia ("generalpodpolkovnik") is the rank above major general and below general, equivalent to a lieutenant general. Lieutenant colonel general Lieutenant colonel general or sub-colonel general (Serbo-Croat: "генерал-потпуковник" or "general-potpukovnik") is a general officer rank in a number of Balkan armed forces. Its literal meaning is "sub-colonel general". The rank of lieutenant colonel general represents a rationalisation of the situation in some armies of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, when a major outranks a lieutenant. In
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