Generalleutnant
Generalleutnant is the German-language variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.The rank is rated OF-8 in NATO, and is grade B9 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.It is equivalent to Vizeadmiral in the German Navy (Marine), or to Generaloberstabsarzt, and Admiraloberstabsarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.Generalleutnant was in the so-called armed organs of the GDR (German: Bewaffnete Organe der DDR), represented by Ministry of National Defence, and Ministry for State Security, the second lowest general officer rank, comparable to the two-star rank in many NATO-Armed forces.This was in reference to Soviet military doctrine and in line with other armed forces of the Warsaw Pact.