Oberscharführer ([ˈoːbɐ.ʃaːɐ̯.fyːʀɐ], "senior squad leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between 1932 and 1945.[1] Translated as "senior squad leader", Oberscharführer was first used as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and was created due to an expansion of the enlisted positions required by growing SA membership in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The SA rank of Oberscharführer was senior to Scharführer and junior to the rank of Truppführer.[2]