Stormbane
Sturmbann was an organizational division of the "combat units" ( SA , SS , NSKK ) of the NSDAP . He could also be found in the organization of the NSFK . The overriding formation was the standard .
etymology
Sturmbann is a compound of the noun storm and the root word Bann of the noun banner .
structure
The name, which originally came from the SA as a tradition, was used in the other Nazi organizations, including the armed SS organizations ( SS disposal troops and SS skulls ) since 1930 . When the Waffen-SS emerged from them in 1942 , the “military counterpart” became the predominant standard term.
A storm spell usually comprised three to four storms and could be between 250 and 600 men strong. In the army it was roughly equivalent to the battalion .
Thus, a was usually Sturmbann the general SS of three active SS storms and formed from a sturmbannführer performed. Storms of a Sturmbannes were marked with Arabic numerals, while the Sturmbann itself was marked with Roman numerals: For example, 7 / III is read as the 7th storm of Sturmbann III . Sturmbann IV comprised the reserve that was formed from reserve storms. This basic structure was to be found in the entire Schutzstaffel, so also in the General SS and their equestrian standards (including the R.St. "Totenkopf") as well as in the Totenkopfverband.
Initially, the term “Sturmbann” was also used in the Leibstandarte and the disposal troops, but was quickly replaced in these SS units by the terms used in the Wehrmacht, which in turn led to Himmler's disapproval.
See also
literature
- FA Brockhaus: The New Brockhaus. Allbuch in four volumes and an atlas , Leipzig 1938, fourth volume S – Z, p. 355
