Lieutenant colonel (lieutenant-colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and 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 (United Kingdom)

• Lieutenant Colonel (United States)

Lieutenant Colonel equivalents

• — Sarhang dovom سرهنگ دوم

• — Locotenent Colonel

• — Potpukovnik

• — 중령 (Chu Yung)

• — 중좌 (Jungjwa)

• , , — Oberstleutnant

• — Obersturmbannführer (also SS)

• — Podpolkovnik

• — Podpolkovnik

• — Pidpolkovnyk

• — Vice-colonel (vitse-polkovniki)

• — Podpułkownik

• — Everstiluutnantti

• — Podpolkovnik

• — Letnan Kolonel

• — Podplukovník

• — Sgan Aluf (סגן-אלוף)

• — 中佐chusa

• Teniente coronel (Spanish speaking countries)

• — Tenente colonnello

• — Antisyntagmatarkhis

• — Yarbay

• — Alezredes

• — Pokhgndapet - Փոխգնդապետ

• Moqaddem مقدم (Egypt and Charter Arab League Member Countries)

• , — Tenente-Coronel

• — 中校 (Zhōng Xiào)

• — Överstelöjtnant

• — Commandant/Kommandant (1950 – 1994); Luitenant-Kolonel (in Afrikaans language: pre-1950 and post-1994)

• — Luitenant-Kolonel

• — Oberstløytnant

• — Oberstløjtnant

• — Dagarman (دګرمن)

• — Podplukovník

• — พันโท

• — Trung Tá

• — Lieutenant Colonel

• - Lieutenant-Colonel

• — Kolonelleitnant

• — Lt. Koronel

• — Tinyente Koronel

See also

• Comparative military ranks

• Canadian Forces ranks and insignia

• British Army officer rank insignia

• U.S. Army officer rank insignia