Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked
general officer
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry.
In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
in many countries that use the
French Revolutionary System. 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
A field army (also known as numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps. It may be subordinate to an army group. Air army, Air armies are the equivalent formations in air forces, and ...
. 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
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
or larger formations. The equivalent position in the
Commonwealth,
U.S., and several other countries is simply
general
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry.
In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
,
four-star rank, or informally "
full general".
Country specific
Army general ranks by country
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Army general (France)
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Army general (East Germany)
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Army general (Russia)
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Army general (Soviet Union)
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Army general (Vietnam)
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Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
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General of the Army (United States)
General of the Army (abbreviated as GA) is a five-star rank, five-star general officer rank in the United States Army. It is generally equivalent to the rank of field marshal in other countries. In the United States, a General of the Army rank ...
Army generals' army insignia
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( Algerian Land Forces)
(Angolan Army
The Angolan Army () is the land component of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA).
History
On August 1, 1974, a few months after a military coup d'état had overthrown the Lisbon regime and proclaimed its intention of granting independence to Angola, ...
)
( Armenian Ground Forces)
(Azerbaijani Armed Forces
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces () is the military of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991. The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were ...
)
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( Bolivian Army)
( Brazilian Army)
( Burkina Faso Army)
( Cameroon Ground Forces)
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( Central African Ground Forces)
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( Chadian Ground Forces)
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( Chilean Army)
( Land Forces of the DR Congo)
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( Ground Forces of Côte d'Ivoire)
( Cuban Ground Forces)
( Army of the Czech Republic)
( Ecuadorian Army)
(French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...
)
( Guinea Ground Forces)
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( Kazakh Ground Forces)
( Malagasy Ground Forces)
( Malian Army)
( Royal Moroccan Army)
( Nicaraguan Army)
( Paraguayan Army)
( Peruvian Army)
( Russian Ground Forces)
( Spanish Army)
( Tajik Ground Forces)
(United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
)
( Uzbek Ground Forces)
( Turkmen Ground Forces)
Army generals' air force insignia
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( Armenian Air Force)
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( Air Force of Burkina Faso)
17.Cameroon Air Force-GEN.svg,
( Cameroon Air Force)
19.DRCAF-GEN.svg,
( Air Force of the DR Congo)
18.Ivory Coast Air Force-GEN.svg,
( Ivory Coast Air Force)
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( Cuban Air and Air Defense Force)
Czech-Airforce OF-9.svg,
( Czech Air Force)
France-Airforce-OF-9 Sleeve.svg,
( French Air and Space Force)
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( Gabonese Air Force)
20-RKAF-GEN.svg,
( Kazakh Air Defense Forces)
19.Madagascar Air Force-GEN.svg,
( Malagasy Air force)
19.Moroccan Air Force-GEN.svg,
(Royal Moroccan Air Force
The Royal Moroccan Air Force (; ; ) is the air force of the Moroccan Armed Forces.
History
The Moroccan air force was formed on 14 May 1956 as the Sherifian Royal Aviation ().
Its modern installations and bases were inherited from France (Bass ...
)
16-Nicaragua Air Force-GEN.svg,
( Nicaraguan Air Force)
Macedonia-AirForce-OF-9.svg,
( North Macedonia Air Brigade)
Russia-Airforce-OF-9-2013.svg,
(Russian Aerospace Forces
The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) comprise the air force, aerial, space force, space warfare, and Missile defense, missile defence Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was ...
)
References
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Military ranks
Army generals