[1] Most western militaries tend to equate a senior colonel as being on the level of a "brigadier general";[1] however, this is not necessarily so.
A senior colonel is also not befitted honors of a general or flag officer.
However, it may also be found in some western militaries as a staff rank appointed to a regular captain.
The Argentine Army makes a similar use of the term, though in this case it is an official distinction (Coronel Mayor) with its own rank insignia (a single red-trimmed golden sun instead of the three golden suns of a regular colonel).
[citation needed] In Nazi Germany, a rank equivalent to senior colonel, Oberführer, was used by both the SA and SS.