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Union Army major general rank insignia
Union Army major general rank insignia

A major general (or two-star general) is a rank in an army. It is between the ranks of lieutenant general and brigadier general. A major general usually commands a division. It comes from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparently confusing system whereby a lieutenant general outranks a major general (although a major outranks a lieutenant, a lieutenant outranks a sergeant-major.) A Major general is addressed as "general".

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    Generalmajor (Austrian Land Forces)

  • 16.AzLF-MG

    General-mayor (Azerbaijani Land Forces)

  • Rank insignia of Генерал-майор of the Bulgarian Army

    Генерал-майор General-mayor (Bulgarian Land Forces)

  • LV-Army-OF7

    Ģenerālmajors (Latvian Land Forces)

  • PA Maj. Gen

    Major general (Philippine Army)

  • Tajikistan-Army-OF-6

    Генерал-майор General-mayor (Tajik Ground Forces)

  • MGEJB-GNB

    Mayor general (Venezuelan Army)

  • Georgia Air Force OF-8
    Georgian Air Force
  • Luftwaffe-321-Generalmajor
    Luftwaffe (Generalmajor)
  • RO-Airforce-OF-7s
    Romanian Air Force (General-maior)
  • OF-7 Generalmajor FV hylsa
    Swedish Air Force (Generalmajor)
  • Vietnam People's Air Force Major General
    Vietnam People's Air Force Major general
  • OF-7 Konteramiral FL hylsa
    Swedish Amphibious Corps (Generalmajor)

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