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==Variants== {{unreferenced section|date=January 2022}} ===Brigadier general=== '''Brigadier general''' ('''Brig. Gen.''') is a [[military rank]] used in many countries. The rank originates from the [[General officer#Old European system|Old European System]]. It is the lowest ranking [[general officer]] in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of [[colonel]] and [[major general]]. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a [[brigade]] consisting of around 4,000 troops (four [[battalion]]s). In some countries, this rank is given the name of ''[[brigadier]]'', which is usually equivalent to ''brigadier general'' in the armies of nations that use the rank. The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a "brigadier general", or simply a "brigadier", would command a brigade in the field. In the first quarter of the 20th century, British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] armies used the rank of brigadier general as a temporary appointment, or as an honorary appointment on retirement; in the 1920s this practice changed to the use of brigadier, which was not classed as a general officer. ===Brigade general=== '''Brigade general''' is the rank of a brigade commander in countries where the [[General officer#French Revolutionary system|French Revolutionary System's]] general officer rank designation is used. The rank name {{lang|fr|général de brigade}} ({{Translation|brigade general}}) was first used in the French revolutionary armies. It used both brigadier general and [[major general]] because it is used for the designated rank of the general officers that the country stipulates as brigade commanders' class by law.
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