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General der Pioniere

WW2 German Army branch general rank

Summary

WW2 German Army branch general rank

Field	Value
name	General of the Engineers
native_name	General der Pioniere
country	Nazi Germany
image
image_size	100px
caption	Arabesque and flecktarn suit insignia
image2	General (Wehrmacht) 1.svg
image_size2	150px
caption2	Army shoulder board
service branch
rank	Three-star
NATO rank	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	O-9
higher rank	Generaloberst
lower rank	Generalleutnant
equivalents	See list

| Non-NATO rank = O-9

General der Pioniere (en: General of the engineers) was a General of the branch rank of the German Army in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level (OF-8), equivalent to a US Lieutenant general. The rank was introduced in 1938.

The * General of the branch * ranks of the Heer were in 1945:

General of artillery
General of mountain troops
General of infantry
General of cavalry
General of the communications troops
General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
General der Pioniere / General of the engineers
General of the medical corps
General of the veterinary corps

junior Rank
Generalleutnant	[[File:Balkenkreuz.svg	28px]]	senior Rank
Generaloberst

The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force): ;Luftwaffe:

General of parachute troops
General of the anti-aircraft artillery
General of the aviators
General of air force communications troops
General of the air force

;Other services: The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:

Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to (US Vice admiral) and
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.

List of officers who were General der Pioniere

Otto-Wilhelm Förster (1885–1966)
Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960)
(1883–1963)
Walter Kuntze (1883–1960)
Karl Sachs (1886–1952/53) (died in Soviet gulag)
Otto Tiemann (1890–1952)

References

(1945). "Order of Battle of the German Army". Military Intelligence Division, War Department.

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