Editing Sturmmann (section)

{{Short description|Nazi paramilitary rank}}
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{{Infobox military rank
| name           = ''Sturmmann''
| image          = [[File:SS-Sturmmann.svg|150px]]
| caption        = SS Gorget patch
| image2         = {{nowrap|[[Image:SS-Mannschaft.svg|100px]] [[Image:WSS-Stuma OF2 slv 1945.svg|100px]]}}
| image3         =
| caption2       = SS Shoulder and sleeve insignia
| country        = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
| service branch = {{flagicon image|Hitlerjugend Allgemeine Flagge.svg}} [[Hitler Youth]]<br>{{flagicon image|NSKK Hausflagge.svg}} [[National Socialist Motor Corps]]<br>{{flagicon image|NSFK Wimpel Fördernde Mitglieder.svg|border=|size=25px}} [[National Socialist Flyers Corps]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg}} [[Schutzstaffel]]<br>{{flagicon image|SA-Logo.svg|border=|size=25px}} [[Sturmabteilung]]
| abbreviation   = 
| rank           =
| NATO rank      = 
| Non-NATO rank  =
| formation      = 1921
| abolished      = 1945
| higher rank    = ''[[Rottenführer]]''
| lower rank     = ''[[Oberschütze]] (Waffen-SS)<br/>[[Mann (military rank)|Mann]] (Allgemeine SS and SA)''
| equivalents    = ''[[Gefreiter]]''
| history        =
}}

'''''Sturmmann''''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtʊʁmman|lang}}, {{literally|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 word originated during [[World War I]] when ''Sturmmann'' was a position held by soldiers in German pioneer assault companies, also known as "[[shock troops]]".