General der Pioniere

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General of the Engineers General der Pioniere
Arabesque and flecktarn suit insignia
Army shoulder board
Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	German Army
Rank	Three-star
NATO rank code	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	O-9
Next higher rank	Generaloberst
Next lower rank	Generalleutnant
Equivalent ranks	See list

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

(German officer rank) General der Pioniere

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)
• Alfred Jacob (1883–1963)
• Walter Kuntze (1883–1960)
• Karl Sachs (1886–1952/53) (died in Soviet gulag)
• Otto Tiemann (1890–1952)

See also

• General (Germany)
• Comparative officer ranks of World War II