Sturmmann
Sign in to saveSturmmann (, ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in the year 1921. The rank of Sturmmann was used by the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS).
Key facts
- Military rank.name
- Sturmmann
- Military rank.image
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- Military rank.caption
- SS Gorget patch
- Military rank.caption2
- SS Shoulder and sleeve insignia
- Military rank.service branch
- Hitler Youth National Socialist Motor Corps National Socialist Flyers Corps Schutzstaffel Sturmabteilung
- Military rank.formation
- 1921
- Military rank.abolished
- 1945
- Military rank.higher rank
- Rottenführer
- Military rank.lower rank
- Oberschütze (Waffen-SS)Mann (Allgemeine SS and SA)
- Military rank.equivalents
- Gefreiter
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Sturmmann (, ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in the year 1921. The rank of Sturmmann was used by the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS).
The word originated during World War I when Sturmmann was a position held by soldiers in German pioneer assault companies, also known as "shock troops".