While the early armed SS units were predominantly infantry, by the late 1930s the first specialist armoured car, motorcycle, artillery, engineer and communications units started to be formed.

• 早期的党卫队武装部队是些优秀的步兵，但是到了30年代末最早的专业装甲车、摩托车、大炮、工兵和通讯单位开始形成。