Sturmführer

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Sturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the Sturmabteilung in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928. Translated as “Storm Leader”, the origins of the rank dated to the First World War when the title of Sturmführer was used by leaders of German Shock Troops and Special Action Companies.

By 1930, Sturmführer had become the lowest commissioned officer rank of several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations, The title was also used as an SS rank until 1934 when, after the Night of the Long Knives, the SS renamed the rank Untersturmführer, equivalent to a junior or 2nd lieutenant in the Army. Other variations of Sturmführer included Obersturmführer and Hauptsturmführer, ranks paralleling an Army 1st lieutenant and captain respectively.

Junior Rank Haupttruppführer

SA rank Sturmführer

Senior Rank Obersturmführer