Röhm was given the nickname "The Machine Gun King of Bavaria" in the early 1920s, since he was responsible for storing and issuing illegal machine guns to the Bavarian Freikorps units.
Röhm fik øgenavnet "Maskingeværkongen af Bayern" i starten af 1920'erne, da han var ansvarlig for oplagring og udlevering af illegale maskingeværer til de bayerske frikorpsenheder.