Army general

Four-star general military rank

For the army rank(s) of general, as opposed to the specific rank of army general, see general officer.

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Comparative military ranks

| |  Armies,
air forces
(non-Commonwealth)|  Navies,
coast guards|  Air forces
(Commonwealth system)

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General officers, Flag officers, Air officers
|  Marshal or
field marshal|  Admiral of the fleet|  Marshal of the air force
|  General or
colonel general or
army general|  Admiral|  Air chief marshal
|  Lieutenant general or
army corps general|  Vice admiral|  Air marshal
|  Major general or
divisional general|  Rear admiral or
counter admiral|  Air vice-marshal
|  Brigadier or
brigadier general|  Commodore or
flotilla admiral|  Air commodore
Senior officers
|  Colonel|  (Ship-of-the-line)
Captain|  Group captain
|  Lieutenant colonel|  Commander or
frigate captain|  Wing commander
|  Major or
commandant|  Lieutenant
commander or corvette captain|  Squadron leader
Junior officers
|  Captain|  Lieutenant|  Flight lieutenant
|  First lieutenant or
lieutenant|  Lieutenant
junior grade or
sub-lieutenant|  Flying officer
|  Second lieutenant or
junior lieutenant|  Ensign or
midshipman|  Pilot officer
Non-commissioned officers
|  Warrant officer or
sergeant major|  Warrant officer or
chief petty officer|  Warrant officer
|  Sergeant|  Petty officer|  Sergeant
|  Corporal or
bombardier|  Leading seaman|  Corporal
Enlisted ranks
|  Lance corporal or
Lance bombardier or
specialist|  Able seaman|  Leading aircraftman or
Air specialist
|  Private or
gunner or
trooper or
sapper|  Seaman|  Aircraftman or
airman or
aviator

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Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System.[1] Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime.

In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding a field army. However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted the three-rank system, the rank of army general is immediately above that of divisional general. As such, it is the rank of commander of an army corps or larger formations. The equivalent position in the Commonwealth, U.S., and several other countries is simply general, four-star rank, or informally "full general".

## Country specific

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### Army general ranks by country

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* Army general (France)
* Army general (East Germany)
* Army general (Russia)
* Army general (Soviet Union)
* Army general (Vietnam)
* Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
* General of the Army (United States)

### Army generals' army insignia

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* Général d'armée
Arabic: فريق أول, romanized: Fariq 'awal
(Algerian Land Forces)[2]

* General de exército
(Angolan Army)[3]

* Բանակի գեներալ
Banaki general
(Armenian Ground Forces)[4]

* Ordu generalı
(Azerbaijani Armed Forces)

* General de ejército
(Bolivian Army)[5]

* General de exército
(Brazilian Army)[6]

* Général d'armée
(Burkina Faso Army)[7]

* Général d'armée
(Cameroon Ground Forces)

* Général d'armée
(Central African Ground Forces)

* Général d'armée
(Chadian Ground Forces)

* General de ejército
(Chilean Army)[8]

* Général d'armée
(Land Forces of the DR Congo)

* Général d'armée
(Ground Forces of Côte d'Ivoire)[9]

* General de ejército
(Cuban Ground Forces)[10]

* Armádní generál
(Army of the Czech Republic)[11]

* General de ejercito
(Ecuadorian Army)[12]

* Général d'armée
(French Army)[13]

* Général d'armée
(Guinea Ground Forces)

* Армия генералы
Armiya generally
(Kazakh Ground Forces)[14]

* Général d'armée
(Malagasy Ground Forces)[15]

* Général d'armée
(Malian Army)[16]

* Général d'armée
(Royal Moroccan Army)[17]

* General de ejército
(Nicaraguan Army)[18]

* General de ejército
(Paraguayan Army)[19]

* General de ejército
(Peruvian Army)[20]

* Генера́л а́рмии
General armii
(Russian Ground Forces)[21]

* General de ejército
(Spanish Army)[22]

* Генерали артиш
Generali artiş
(Tajik Ground Forces)[23]

* General of the Army
(United States Army)[24]

* Armiya generali
(Uzbek Ground Forces)[25]

* Goşun generally
(Turkmen Ground Forces)[26]

### Army generals' air force insignia

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* Բանակի գեներալ
Banaki general
(Armenian Air Force)

* Général d'armée
(Air Force of Burkina Faso)

* Général d'armée aérienne
(Cameroon Air Force)

* Général d'armée
(Air Force of the DR Congo)

* Général d'armée
(Ivory Coast Air Force)

* General de ejército
(Cuban Air and Air Defense Force)

* Armádní generál
(Czech Air Force)

* Général d'armée aérienne
(French Air and Space Force)

* Général d'armée
(Gabonese Air Force)

* Армия Генералы
Armiya generally
(Kazakh Air Defense Forces)

* Général d'armée
(Malagasy Air force)

* Général d'armée aerienne
(Royal Moroccan Air Force)

* General de ejército
(Nicaraguan Air Force)

* Армиски Генерал
Armiski general
(North Macedonia Air Brigade)

* генера́л а́рмии
General armii
(Russian Aerospace Forces)

## References

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