Lieutenant colonel 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 the Serbian Army, the rank of "sub-colonel" ("potpukovnik" / "потпуковник") is used rather than "lieutenant colonel" ("poručnik pukovnik" / "поручник пуковникin"). In the Serbian Army and Air Force ("генерал-потпуковник" or "general-potpukovnik"), it is the rank immediately below colonel-general. The
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