Brigadegeneral


Brigadegeneral, short BrigGen, is the lowest general officer rank in the German Army, German Air Force.

Rank

The rank is rated OF-6 in NATO, and is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence. It is equivalent to Flottillenadmiral in the German Navy or to Generalarzt, Generalapotheker and Admiralarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.

Rank insignia

On the shoulder straps there is one golden pip in golden oak leaves.
HeerLuftwaffe... to service uniform

;Bundeswehr sequence of ranks ascending:
junior rank:
Oberst

Brigadegeneral		senior rank:
Generalmajor