Knowledge

General of the Artillery (Austria)

Source 📝

343: 221: 102: 247: 38:. It was commonly used in the 16th and 17th centuries, and survived until the beginning of the 20th century in some European countries. In the army of the 107: 448: 463: 342: 297: 424: 393: 314:) in 1915. Originally members of the infantry and artillery were given this rank, while members of the 276:
and just below Feldmarschall (field marshal). It was a roughly equivalent rank to full general.
289: 443: 334: 303: 273: 173: 31: 414: 8: 387: 114: 180: 51: 45: 420: 39: 416:
The Rebirth of the Habsburg Army: Friedrich Beck and the Rise of the General Staff
263: 160:, Austrian, Hungarian and French militias also used the title. The position of a 97: 63: 457: 369: 309: 146: 140: 81: 206:
of 1906, the inspection of weapons was organised by the department of the
348: 419:. Issue 161 of Contributions in Military Studies. ABC-CLIO. p. 1. 196: 220: 157: 35: 283: 248:
Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces § Generals
318:
would become generals of the cavalry. From 1908 onwards the rank
315: 203: 77: 72:
literally translates as "ordnance master" or "gun master". (
326: 189:
which was comparable to the commander of a division. The
93: 150:. The third most important person in the army was the 30:) was a historical military rank in some German and 166:differed by German states. In Austria-Hungary, the 156:. Although the expression was common in the German 455: 302:). It remained the second highest rank of the 367: 356: 324:was given to members of the artillery only. 319: 307: 295: 287: 277: 267: 253: 237: 231: 225: 207: 190: 184: 167: 161: 151: 133: 67: 43: 24: 363: 340: 329: 219: 215: 306:until the creation of colonel-general ( 252:In the Austrian and Hungarian service, 456: 412: 262:) had a different meaning. During the 224:Rank insignia of an Austria-Hungarian 406: 195:was in charge of delivering weapons, 179:In 1898, the Ministry of War of the 13: 80:, as used in the German title for 14: 475: 437: 341: 127: 100:, the equivalent expression was 119: 394:Master-General of the Ordnance 294:) and general of the cavalry ( 1: 399: 282:was equal to general of the 132:Originally, the ranks above 57: 7: 449:Austrian Generals 1792-1815 380: 96:used by the artillery.) In 10: 480: 245: 183:created the position of a 172:was one of three separate 464:Military ranks of Austria 444:List of Austrian Generals 278: 272:held the rank just above 268: 113:, used since the days of 103:Grand maitre d'artillerie 34:armies, specifically in 20:General of the Artillery 413:Lackey, Scott (1995). 368: 357: 320: 308: 298:General der Kavallerie 296: 290:General der Infanterie 288: 254: 243: 239:General der Kavallerie 238: 233:General der Infanterie 232: 226: 208: 191: 185: 168: 162: 152: 134: 68: 44: 25: 335:Feldmarschallleutnant 274:Feldmarschallleutnant 223: 216:Austro-Hungarian Army 174:general of the branch 50:was equivalent with 388:Reichszeugmeisterei 115:Philip VI of France 244: 181:Kingdom of Prussia 52:lieutenant general 378: 377: 351:armed forces rank 471: 431: 430: 410: 373: 360: 349:Austro-Hungarian 345: 327: 323: 313: 301: 293: 281: 280: 271: 270: 257: 241: 235: 229: 211: 194: 188: 171: 165: 155: 137: 123: 122: 1328–1350 121: 111: 71: 49: 32:Austro-Hungarian 28: 479: 478: 474: 473: 472: 470: 469: 468: 454: 453: 440: 435: 434: 427: 411: 407: 402: 383: 365: 358:Feldzeugmeister 354: 350: 346: 331: 321:Feldzeugmeister 279:Feldzeugmeister 269:Feldzeugmeister 264:Napoleonic Wars 255:Feldzeugmeister 250: 227:Feldzeugmeister 218: 209:Feldzeugmeister 199:and personnel. 192:Feldzeugmeister 186:Feldzeugmeister 169:Feldzeugmeister 163:Feldzeugmeister 153:Feldzeugmeister 135:Feldzeugmeister 130: 118: 105: 69:Feldzeugmeister 60: 46:Feldzeugmeister 40:Habsburg Empire 26:Feldzeugmeister 17: 12: 11: 5: 477: 467: 466: 452: 451: 446: 439: 438:External links 436: 433: 432: 425: 404: 403: 401: 398: 397: 396: 391: 382: 379: 376: 375: 362: 339: 258:(in Hungarian 217: 214: 129: 126: 92:refers to the 59: 56: 42:, the rank of 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 476: 465: 462: 461: 459: 450: 447: 445: 442: 441: 428: 422: 418: 417: 409: 405: 395: 392: 390: 389: 385: 384: 374: 372: 371: 370:Generaloberst 361: 359: 353: 352: 344: 338: 337: 336: 328: 325: 322: 317: 312: 311: 310:Generaloberst 305: 304:Austrian army 300: 299: 292: 291: 285: 275: 265: 261: 260:Táborszernagy 256: 249: 240: 234: 228: 222: 213: 210: 205: 200: 198: 193: 187: 182: 177: 175: 170: 164: 159: 154: 149: 148: 147:Feldmarschall 143: 142: 141:Feldhauptmann 136: 128:Military rank 125: 116: 112: 109: 104: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86:Feldmarschall 83: 82:field marshal 79: 75: 70: 65: 55: 53: 48: 47: 41: 37: 33: 29: 27: 21: 16:Military rank 415: 408: 386: 366: 355: 347: 333: 332: 259: 251: 201: 178: 145: 139: 131: 101: 89: 85: 73: 61: 23: 19: 18: 364:Senior rank 330:Junior rank 106: [ 78:battlefield 426:0313031312 400:References 246:See also: 230:(equal to 197:ammunition 158:artillery 58:Etymology 36:artillery 458:Category 381:See also 284:infantry 316:cavalry 204:Bavaria 176:ranks. 88:), and 423:  266:, the 98:French 90:-zeug- 76:means 66:term 64:German 138:were 110:] 74:Feld- 421:ISBN 236:and 144:and 94:guns 62:The 202:In 124:). 460:: 212:. 120:r. 108:fr 54:. 429:. 286:( 242:) 117:( 84:( 22:(

Index

Austro-Hungarian
artillery
Habsburg Empire
Feldzeugmeister
lieutenant general
German
battlefield
field marshal
guns
French
Grand maitre d'artillerie
fr
Philip VI of France
Feldhauptmann
Feldmarschall
artillery
general of the branch
Kingdom of Prussia
ammunition
Bavaria

Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces § Generals
Napoleonic Wars
Feldmarschallleutnant
infantry
General der Infanterie
General der Kavallerie
Austrian army
Generaloberst
cavalry

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.