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Lieutenant Colonel
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| Common military ranks | ||
| Navies (English-speaking world) |
Armies and some Air Forces |
Air Forces (Commonwealth) |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral of the Fleet | Field Marshal | Marshal of the Air Force |
| Admiral | General | Air Chief Marshal |
| Vice Admiral | Lieutenant General | Air Marshal |
| Rear Admiral | Major General | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commodore | Brigadier | Air Commodore |
| Captain | Colonel | Group Captain |
| Commander | Lieutenant Colonel | Wing Commander |
| Lieutenant Commander | Major | Squadron Leader |
| Lieutenant | Captain | Flight Lieutenant |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Flying Officer |
| Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer |
| Petty Officer | Sergeant | Sergeant |
| Leading Rate | Corporal | Corporal |
| Seaman | Private | Aircraftman |
Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. The rank of Lieutenant Colonel is often verbally shortened to simply "Colonel".
The following articles deal with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (or its equivalent) as it is employed in various states in the USA:
- Podpukovnik (Serbia)
- Chungryong (South Korea)
- Jungjwa (North Korea)
- Oberstleutnant (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Obersturmbannführer (German SS)
- Podpolkovnik (Bulgaria)
- Podpolkovnik (Russia)
- Pidpolkovnyk (Ukraine)
- Vice-colonel (vitse-polkovniki) (Georgia)
- Podpułkownik (Poland)
- Everstiluutnantti (Finland)
- Podpolkovnik (Slovenia)
- Podplukovník (Czech Republic)
- Sgan Aluf (Israel)
- 中佐chusa (Japan)
- Wing Commander (some Commonwealth air forces)
- Teniente Coronel (Spanish speaking countries)
- Tenente Colonnello (Italy)
- Antisyntagmatarkhis (Greece)
- Yarbay (Turkey)
- Alezredes (Hungary)
- Shtapee Pet (Armenia)
- Tenente-Coronel (Brazil and Portugal)
- 中校 (China)
- Överstelöjtnant (Sweden)
- Luitenant-Kolonel {Netherlands}
- Oberstløytnant (Norway)
- Oberstløjtnant (Denmark)
- Dagarman (دګرمن) (Afghanistan)
- Podplukovník (Slovak Republic)