Army general orGeneral of the army is the highest rankedgeneral officer in many countries that use theFrench Revolutionary System.[1] Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime.
In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding afield army. However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted the three-rank system, the rank of army general is immediately above that ofdivisional general. As such, it is the rank of commander of an armycorps or larger formations. The equivalent position in theCommonwealth,U.S., and several other countries is simplygeneral,four-star rank, or informally "full general".
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