Artillery General

The military rank of a number of European armies, derived from the post of general-feldzeichmeister : in the imperial army was called the feldzeichmeister . Later the title appeared in other European countries.

Germany

“General from artillery”

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Shoulder strap

Sleeve insignia

Heer insignia
(Army, Ground Forces)

The general from artillery ( German: General der Artillerie ) is the military rank of the general staff in the Armed Forces of Germany ( Wehrmacht ).

In the Wehrmacht, the rank of general from artillery was in seniority between lieutenant general and colonel general .

It is more correct to call this rank “ general of the kind of troops ”, because it was equated with the ranks , that is, the military rank of a certain military post:

Heer

• Artillery General ( German: General der Artillerier )
• General from Infantry ( German: General der Infantrie )
• General of the Mountain Forces ( German: General der Gebirgstruppe )
• General from the cavalry ( German: General der Kavallerie )
• General of the Signal Corps ( German: General der Nachrichtentruppe )
• General of Engineering Troops ( German: General der Pioniertruppe )
• General ober headquarters ( German: Generaloberstabsarzt )

Luftwaffe

• General of the parachute troops ( German: General der Fallschirmtruppe )
• General anti-aircraft troops ( German: General der Flakartillerie )
• General of Aviation ( German: General der Flieger )
• General of the Aviation Liaison Force
• General Luftwaffe ( German: General der Luftwaffe )

In the Third Reich, the rank of artillery general stood below the ranks of Field Marshal and Colonel General and above Lieutenant General . The German artillery general usually commanded an army corps or military district.

Famous German artillery generals

• Andre, Alexander ( German: Alexander Andrae )
• Lemelsen, Joachim ( German: Joachim Lemelsen )
• Farmbacher, Wilhelm ( German: Wilhelm Fahrmbacher )

The rite was introduced by Peter I. The first general in the history of Russia , feldzeichmeister - Alexander Archilovich Imeretinsky (1699).

The highest general rank in artillery as a branch of the Russian army. The head of the Russian artillery was called the General-Feldzeichmeister .

Upon the accession to the throne of Emperor Paul I in 1796, the title / post of General-Feldzeichmeister was abolished and replaced with the post of inspector of all artillery. This position in the same 1796 was taken by P.I. Melissino , who received the rank of general from artillery (November 29, 1796), which corresponded to the second grade of the Table of Ranks.

The artillery general could ex officio be the inspector general of artillery, the commander of the military district , lead large military formations ( corps ) and associations ( army , front ).

In the territory of the Petrograd Military District, the rank ceased to exist on December 3 ( 16 ), 1917 on the basis of an order in the district ^[2] .

In the army units in the rest of the territory of the Russian Republic, controlled by the Council of People's Commissars , the rank ceased to exist on December 17 ( 30 ), 1917 - the date of entry into force of the Decree on the Equation of All Military Personnel in Rights adopted by the Council of People's Commissars ^[3] .

In the modern sense, Colonel General (in 1940-1984, the rank of Colonel General of Artillery existed in the Red Army and the Soviet Army).

Artillery Generals List

Before the name is the year of production in the rank, after the name - years of life.

• История воинских званий в России и СССР

• Генералитет российской императорской армии и флота .