General der Pioniere

General of the Engineers
General der Pioniere
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:

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):

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

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)