General de Artillerie sounds more like a position than a rank. about General der Panzertruppen Walther K. Nehring I know nothing about him. my focus has been always on waffen-ss and weapons.
this is a new id and first id for myself. I have been watching this forum 10 years and never thinking of getting into it. it discusses more politics than military. you are one of the only few guys here have good knowledge about wwii.
yuo are right my id does mean 17 pounder. even though i don't think this gun can beat 88mm overall but everytime when I have the picture that a tiny wicky body carrying a supreme gun in my mind I will laugh. it's just so extraodinary.
nice to meet you and hope we can discuss more wwii stuff in this forum.