General der Panzertruppe
General of Panzer troops was a military rank in the armed forces, according to the former general ranks of the German armies as general of infantry, cavalry general and general of artillery.
An officer in the rank held usually the capacities of the Commanding General of an armored or motorized army corps, partly also the commander in chief of an army or army tanks. The first appointment was made on November 1, 1935, when the then " Commanding General of Panzer Troops" and former " Chief of Automotive troops and army motorization " Oswald Lutz was promoted to this rank.
Officers in this grade
- Hermann Balck (1893-1982)
- Erich Brandenberger (1882-1955)
- Breith Hermann (1892-1964)
- Hans Cramer (1896-1968)
- Crüwell Ludwig (1892-1958)
- Karl Decker (1897-1945)
- Heinrich Eberbach (1895-1992)
- Maximilian baron of Edelsheim (1897-1994)
- Hans -Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (1892-1955)
- Gustav Fehn (1892-1945)
- Feßmann Ernst (1881-1962)
- Wolfgang Fischer (1888-1943)
- Walter Fries (1894-1982)
- Hans Freiherr von Funck (1891-1979)
- Leo Freiherr Geyr of Schweppenburg (1886-1974)
- Fritz -Hubert grasses (1888-1960)
- Sigfrid Henrici (1889-1964)
- Traugott Herr (1890-1976)
- Alfred Ritter von Hubicki (1887-1971)
- Georg Jawor (1896-1971)
- Werner Kempf (1886-1964)
- Mortimer von Kessel (1893-1981)
- Friedrich Kirchner (1885-1960)
- Ulrich Kleemann (1892-1963)
- Otto von Knobelsdorffstraße (1886-1966)
- Walter Krüger (1892-1973)
- Friedrich Kühn (1889-1944)
- Adolf -Friedrich Kuntzen (1889-1964)
- Willibald Freiherr von Langer man and alder Camp (1890-1942)
- Joachim Lemelsen (1888-1954)
- Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (1896-1969)
- Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz (1895-1975)
- Oswald Lutz (1876-1944)
- Hasso von Manteuffel (1897-1978)
- Karl Mauss (1898-1959)
- Walther Nehring (1892-1983)
- Hans Röttiger (1896-1960)
- Dietrich von Saucken (1892-1980)
- Ferdinand Schaal (1889-1962)
- Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (1899-1980)
- Fridolin von Senger and Etterlin (1891-1963)
- Georg Stumme (1886-1942)
- Horst Stumpff (1897-1958)
- Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891-1948)
- Gustav von Vaerst (1894-1975)
- Rudolf Veiel (1883-1956)
- Nicholas of foreman (1895-1959)
- Walther Wenck (1900-1982)
For Colonel-General following former generals of the armored force increased to:
- Heinz Guderian
- Heinrich von Vietinghoff
- Georg- Hans Reinhardt
- Rudolf Schmidt
- Hans -Jürgen von Arnim
- Josef Harpe
- Hans- Valentin Hube
To Field Marshal further increased to:
- Erwin Rommel
- Friedrich Paulus
- Walter Model