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General of the Armoured Corps General der Panzertruppe
Arabesque and flecktarn suit insignia
Army shoulder board
Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	German Army
Rank	Three-star
Formation	1935
Abolished	1945
Next higher rank	Generaloberst
Next lower rank	Generalleutnant
Equivalent ranks	See Rank and rank insignia

General der Panzertruppe (lit. 'General of the Armoured Corps') was a General of the branch rank of the German Army, introduced in 1935. A General der Panzertruppe was a lieutenant general, above major general (Generalleutnant), commanding a Panzer corps.

The rank was equivalent to the long established General der Kavallerie, General der Artillerie and General der Infanterie. The Wehrmacht also introduced General der Gebirgstruppe (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Nachrichtentruppe (communications troops) and General der Luftnachrichtentruppe (air communications troops).

In the present-day German Army, there is a General der Panzertruppen, which is not a rank but a position, who is usually a brigadier general (Brigadegeneral). The General der Panzertruppen commands the Armoured Corps Training Centre. In the Nazi-era Army, the equivalent position was called Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppe.

The following officers were General der Panzertruppe:

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  General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel in 1944
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  General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger (left) with Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein in 1941
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  General der Panzertruppe Ludwig Crüwell (left) in North Africa in 1942

• Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite. Rang- und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945. Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein, 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9.

• General (Germany)
• Comparative officer ranks of World War II
• Panzertruppe

junior Rank Generalleutnant

(German officer rank) General der Panzertruppe

senior Rank Generaloberst