Lieutenant colonel

Common anglophone military ranks
Navies	Armies	Air forces
Officers
Admiral of the fleet	Marshal / field marshal	Marshal of the Air Force
Admiral	General	Air marshal
Commodore	Brigadier	Air commodore
Captain	Colonel	Group captain
Commander	Lieutenant colonel	Wing commander
Lieutenant commander	Major / commandant	Squadron leader
Lieutenant	Captain	Flight lieutenant
Sub-lieutenant	Lieutenant	Flying officer
Ensign	2nd lieutenant	Pilot officer
Midshipman	Officer cadet	Officer cadet
Seamen, soldiers and airmen
Warrant officer	Sergeant major / Warrant officer	Warrant officer
Petty officer	Sergeant	Sergeant
Leading seaman	Corporal	Corporal
Seaman	Private	Aircraftman
Seaman recruit	Army recruit

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence. A lieutenant colonel is typically in charge of a battalion in the army.

Lieutenant colonel ranks by country

The following articles deal with the rank of lieutenant colonel (or its equivalent)

• Lieutenant-colonel (Canada)
• Lieutenant-colonel (France)
• Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)
• Lieutenant colonel (United States)

Lieutenant colonel equivalents

• Afghanistan — Dagarman (دګرمن)
• Albania — Nënkolonel
• Armenia — Pokhgndapet (փոխգնդապետ)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — Podpukovnik
• Bulgaria — Podpolkovnik
• Colombia — Teniente Coronel
• Croatia - Pukovnik
• Czech Republic — Podplukovník
• People's Republic of China — 中校
• Republic of China (Taiwan) — 中校
• Denmark — Oberstløjtnant
• Egypt and Charter Arab League member countries — Moqaddem (مقدم)
• Estonia — Kolonelleitnant
• Ethiopia — Lieutenant koronel
• Finland — Everstiluutnantti, Överstelöjtnant
• Germany, Austria, Switzerland — Oberstleutnant
• Nazi Germany — Obersturmbannführer (only in the SS)
• Georgia — Vice-colonel (vitse-polkovniki)
• Greece — Antisyntagmatarkhis
• Hungary — Alezredes
• Indonesia — Letnan kolonel (abbreviated Letkol). All military services shares the same rank name and insignia, that is two gold jasmine buds. A lieutenant colonel in the Army usually has a billet as battalion commander, regiment/brigade chief of staff, headquarters staff, department head, or commanding any unit has the same level as battalion. In the Navy, the common billet is ship's commanding officer, squadron commander, shore department head or staff position. In the Air Force, it has the billet of squadron commander of battalion commander of Air Force Special Force's Corps. In the Marine Corps, usual billet is infantry battalion commander or infantry brigade's chief of staff, although it can command an artillery or cavalry regiment.
• Iran — Sarhang dovom (سرهنگ دوم)
• Israel — Sgan aluf (סגן-אלוף)
• Italy — Tenente colonnello
• Japan — nisa (2佐)
• South Korea — Jungryung (중령)
• North Korea — Jungjwa (중좌)
• Latvia — Pulkvežleitnants
• Lebanon — مقدم
• Lithuania — Papulkininkis
• Macedonia - Потполковник (Potpolkovnik)
• Netherlands — Luitenant-kolonel
• Poland — Podpułkownik
• Portugal, Brazil — Tenente-coronel
• Philippines — Tinyente koronel
• Romania — Locotenent colonel
• Russia — Podpolkovnik
• Serbia — Potpukovnik
• Spain and some Spanish speaking countries — Teniente coronel
• Somalia — Gaashaanle Dhexe
• Saudi Arabia — مقدم
• Slovenia — Podpolkovnik
• Sweden — Överstelöjtnant
• South Africa — Commandant/kommandant (1950–1994); Luitenant-kolonel (Afrikaans language: pre-1950 and post-1994)
• Turkey — Yarbay
• Norway — Oberstløytnant
• Slovakia — Podplukovník
• Thailand — พันโท
• Ukraine — Pidpolkovnyk
• Vietnam — Trung Tá

See also

• Comparative military ranks
• Canadian Forces ranks and insignia
• British Army officer rank insignia
• U.S. Army officer rank insignia