General of the armored forces

This article deals with the service position in the Bundeswehr. For the similarly named rank of the Wehrmacht see General der Panzertruppe .

Brigadier General Klaus Feldmann , general of the armored forces of the Bundeswehr from 2003 to 2012

General of the Armored Troops is a service in the Bundeswehr . It is given to the officer responsible for specific issues relating to the training and equipment of the armored forces. The position of General of the Armored Troops is now linked again to that of the Head of Training Area of ​​Armored Troops , after being linked to the post of Commander of the Munster Training Center from 2007 to 2013 . Corresponding positions also exist for the other branches of the army . Since this is a service position, there is sometimes a colonel"General of" the respective military type. The salutation Mr. General or Mr. Colonel is common; the salutation Mr. General of the Panzer Troops is unusual because it is not a rank.

Officers in this position

• Christian Trull (1999-2002)
• Wolf-Dieter Langheld (2002-2003)
• Klaus Feldmann (2003–2012)
• Bernd Schütt (2012-2013)
• Artur Schwitalla (2013-2015)
• Jochen Schneider (2015-2017)
• Michael Knoke (2017-2018)
• Bernd Prill (since August 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ^ New general of the armored forces. BMVg, October 6, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015 .