General der Artillerie Prof.Dr.ing.,Dr.phil.h.c. Karl Becker Born: 14 Dec 1879 in Speyer, Palatinate (Pfalz) Died: 08 Apr 1940 in Berlin (Suicide) Diploma In Engineering: 01 Mar 1922 Doctorate In Engineering: 14 Jul 1922 Honorary Doctorate In Philosophy: 29 Jan 1929, University of K�nigsberg Titular Professor: 23 Apr 1932 Honorary Professor: 11 Apr 1933 Full Professor: 03 Aug 1933 Promotions:
F�hnrich (08 Feb 1899); Leutnant (07 Mar 1900); Oberleutnant (07 Mar 1910); Hauptmann (27 Jan 1914); Major (01 Feb 1922); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1927); Oberst (01 Apr 1930); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1933); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1934); General der Artillerie (01 Oct 1936) Career:
Entered Bavarian Army Service (16 Jul 1898)
Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery (16 Jul 1898-01 Sep 1905)
Detached to the War School Munich (01 Mar 1899-20 Jan 1900)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery and Engineering School (01 Oct 1901-03 Apr 1903)
Adjutant to the II. Battalion of the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1905-30 Seo 1906)
Detached to the Military Technicial Academy, Department for Weapon-Instruction, Ballistic Department (01 Oct 1906-15 Jul 1909)
Auxiliary-Instructor at the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1909-14 Mar 1911)
Detached as Assistant to the Prussian-Artillery Tests Commission (14 Mar 1911-01 Oct 1912)
Transferred into the 3rd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment, while retaining his position with the Prussian Artillery Tests Commission (01 Oct 1912-13 Nov 1913)
Transferred into the Prussian Army (13 Nov 1913)
Transferred into the 2nd Prussian Foot-Artillery-Regiment, while retaining his position with the Prussian Artillery Tests Commission (13 Nov 1913-04 Aug 1914)
Battery-Commander in the 2nd Naval-Cannon-Battalion (04 Aug 1914-25 May 1915)
Leader of the 6th Naval-Cannon-Battalion (25 May 1915-20 Jul 1916)
Advisor with the Artillery Tests Commission (20 Jul 1916-01 Oct 1919)
Advisor with the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment (01 Oct 1919-01 Apr 1926)
Department-Chief in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Apr 1926-01 Mar 1938)
Chief of Testing Matters in the Army Weapons Office (01 Oct 1932-11 Apr 1933)
Honourary-Professor at the Technical College in Berlin (11 Apr 1933-03 Aug 1933)
Full Professor at the Technical College in Berlin (03 Aug 1933-21 Jun 1933)
Senator of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Society for the Production of the Sciences (21 Jun 1933-21 Oct 1933)
Dean of the 5th Faculty of the Technical College in Berlin (21 Oct 1933-27 Nov 1935)
Orderly Member of Physics and Mathematics Classes of the Prussian Academy of Science (27 Nov 1935-01 Mar 1938)
Also President of the Reichs Research Advisory (16 Mar 1937-01 Mar 1938)
Chief of the Army Weapons Office (01 Mar 1938-08 Apr 1940)
Committed Suicide (08 Apr 1940)
Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
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