The Sturmmann rank in the Nazi party was used by Sturmabteilung (the paramilitary wing playing a significant role in Hitler's rise to power)  and Schutzstaffel (a major paramilitary organization under Hitler and the Nazi party), and would eventually become a basic paramilitary rank of almost every Nazi organization, bestowed on members who served for six months.
'Storm man') 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 Sturmabteilung (SA; German pronunciation: [tmaptal (listen)), literally "Storm Detachment", was the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing. It played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylized as  with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [tstafl (listen); 'Protection Squadron') was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. 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. 
