Major general Army is equivalent to rear admiral in the Navy and air vice marshal in the Air Force. It is the lowest of the general officer ranks, ranking between brigadier and lieutenant general. The Pakistan Army has four female major generals. "Generał brygady" (, literally "general of a brigade", abbreviated gen. bryg.) is the lowest rank for generals in the Polish Army (both in the land forces and in the Polish air force). Depending on the context, it is equivalent to either the modern rank of major general, or the rank of brigadier general (mostly in historical context). The rank of
Major general However, the term of "major général" was not forgotten and used to describe the appointment of armies chiefs of staff. One well-known French "major général" was Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier; Major General of Napoléon's "Grande armée". In addition,"maréchal de camp" was renamed "général de brigade(brigade general)" in 1793. The rank was decided to correspond to "brigadier general" after WWⅡ. In Georgia, the rank major-general (გენერალ მაიორი) has one star as for security forces. The army, however, does not follow the traditional soviet model and uses the now more common two-star insignia. The German Army and "Luftwaffe" referred to the rank