title: General der Pioniere
text: # 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)
  