Colonel-General
* 29th of October 1890
† 21st of April 1944
| 1934-06-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1936-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-06-01 | Major-General |
| 1942-04-08 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-10-01 | General of Panzer Troops |
| 1944-04-01 | Colonel-General |
| 1932-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-01-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Infantry regiment Deutsch-Eylau |
| 1935-01-01 | – | 1939-10-18 | Chief of Infantry Training Staff, Döberitz |
| 1939-10-18 | – | 1940-06-04 | Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment [France] |
| 1940-06-04 | – | 1940-08-06 | General Officer Commanding 16th Infantry Division |
| 1940-08-12 | – | 1942-09-15 | General Officer Commanding 16th Panzer Division |
| 1942-09-15 | – | 1942-10-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-10-01 | – | 1943-01-08 | General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Eastern Front] |
| 1943-03-05 | – | 1943-08-17 | General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Italy] |
| 1943-07-12 | – | 1943-08-17 | General Officer Commanding Group Hube [Sicily] |
| 1943-07-17 | – | 1943-08-17 | General Officer Commanding German Troops on Sicily |
| 1943-10-23 | – | 1944-02-15 | Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-02-15 | – | 1944-04-21 | General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-04-21 | Killed in an air crash |