Otto Viktor Kühne (28 March 1857 – 9 February 1945) was a German General of the Artillery who served as a corps commander during World War I. Kühne was born as the son of a district administrator and after graduating from high school in 1876, he joined the Imperial German Army as a cadet in the 11th Field Artillery Regiment.

[1] In 1888, he was sent to study at the War Academy and afterwards transferred to the 34th Field Artillery Regiment where he was promoted to captain.

In 1907, he was appointed commander of the training regiment of the field artillery school, where he was promoted to colonel in 1908.

With his promotion to major general, Kühne was appointed commander of the 30th Field Artillery Brigade on 2 July 1913 in Strasbourg.

On 23 August 1916, he was appointed to temporarily lead the general command of the XII Army Corps.

In the Battle of the Aisne he led the Group Vailly; receiving the star of the Order of the Red Eagle (2nd class with oak leaves and swords) on 12 July for his leadership.

[2] After the armistice, the general command of the XI Corps relocated back to its peacetime headquarters at Kassel.

Kühne tendered his resignation in July 1919 but was asked to remain in service until the dissolution of the general command.