General der Pioniere
# General der Pioniere

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

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)
