Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant, short GenLt, () is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army ("Heer") and the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe").
Rank.
The rank is rated OF-8 in NATO, and is grade B7 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". On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three golden pips (stars) in golden oak leaves.
Generalleutnant in East Germany.
Generalleutnant (en: lieutenant general) was in the so-called "armed organs of the GDR" (), 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 (Rangcode OF-7). This was in reference to Soviet military doctrine and in line with other armed forces of the Warsaw Pact.
The equivalent rank of the Volksmarine (en: GDR Navy) was the Viceadmiral, often called simply "Herr Admiral" for short.
Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht.
Generalleutnant (en: lieutenant general) was in the German Reich, and Nazi Germany the second lowest general officer rank, comparable to the two-star rank in many NATO-Armed forces (Rangcode OF-7). It was equivalent to "Vizeadmiral" in the "Kriegsmarine", and SS-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS until 1945.