Sturmmann

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Nazi paramilitary rank

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::summary Nazi paramilitary rank ::

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Field	Value
name	Sturmmann
image	[[File:SS-Sturmmann.svg
caption	SS Gorget patch
image2	[[Image:SS-Mannschaft.svg
caption2	SS Shoulder and sleeve insignia
country	Nazi Germany
service branch	Hitlerjugend Allgemeine Flagge.svg Hitler Youth
NSKK Hausflagge.svg National Socialist Motor Corps
NSFK Wimpel Fördernde Mitglieder.svg National Socialist Flyers Corps
Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg Schutzstaffel
SA-Logo.svg Sturmabteilung
formation	1921
abolished	1945
higher rank	Rottenführer
lower rank	*Oberschütze (Waffen-SS)
Mann (Allgemeine SS and SA)*
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".

Creation

Following the defeat of Germany in 1918, Sturmmann became a paramilitary rank of the Freikorps, violent groups of military veterans who opposed Germany's loss of World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles.

In 1921, Sturmmann became a paramilitary title of the Nazi Party's private army, the Sturmabteilung (SA or "Assault Detachment"). Sturmmann would eventually become a basic paramilitary rank of almost every Nazi organization, but is most closely associated as an SA rank and as a rank of the SS.

The rank of Sturmmann was bestowed upon those members of the SA and SS who had served for six months in the organization and had demonstrated basic abilities and competence.

Use

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Sturmmann was senior to the rank of Mann in the Allgemeine-SS (general-SS). In organizations which did not use the rank of Mann (such as the National Socialist Motor Corps), the rank of Sturmmann was the equivalent of a private and wore a blank collar patch with no insignia. Within the Waffen-SS, an SS-Sturmmann was senior to an SS-Oberschütze.

The rank of Sturmmann was junior, in both the SS and SA, to the rank of Rottenführer. It was considered the equivalent to the rank of Gefreiter in the German Army and a lance-corporal in the British Army. The insignia for Sturmmann consisted of a bare collar patch with a single silver stripe. The field grey uniforms of the Waffen-SS also displayed the sleeve chevron of a Gefreiter.

Insignia

SS Mannschaften.jpg| Shoulder strap (insignia) in Feldgrau (all other enlisted ranks OR-1 to OR-3 of the Waffen-SS) SS-Sturmmann.svg| SS Gorget patches WSS-Stuma OF2 slv 1945.svg| SS Sleeve badge SA-Sturmmann.svg| SA gorget patch NSKK-Sturmmann.svg| NSKK gorget patch NSFK-Sturmmann.svg| NSFK gorget patch

Post-war use

The term and rank has not been used in Germany since World War II.

Notes

Bibliography

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