Weimar Republic General der Artillerie (en: General of the artillery) may mean: A rank of three-star general, comparable to modern armed forces OF-8 grade, in the Imperial German Army and its contingency armies of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg.
(German officer rank)General der Artillerie In the modern Bundeswehr, General der Artillerie is the position of an artillery officer responsible for certain questions of troop training and equipment, usually with the rank of Brigadegenerals.
Corresponding service positions also exist for other branches of the army.
Since in this usage it refers to a position not a rank, an Oberst is sometimes "General of" his respective type of troops.
There was no equivalent rank in the army of East Germany, where it was merged into that of Generaloberst.