Max Ludwig (general)

Max Heinrich Ludwig (26 March 1871 – 28 January 1961) was a German General of the Artillery and served from 1926 to 1929 as chief of the Waffenamt.

He then moved on 27 January 1907 to the General Staff of the Governorate of Metz, and became a battery commander back in his regiment on 3 April 1909.

Ludwig moved to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin on 1 July 1923, where he took on the post of Inspector of Engineers and Fortresses (In 5).

On 1 March 1926, he was appointed Chief of the Army Weapons Office in the Reich Ministry of Defense and on 1 November 1927, he was promoted to Lieutenant General.

During his retirement, he worked as a military writer e.g. as chief editor of the Wehrtechnischen Monatshefte Bulletin in the publishing house E.S.