الوصف: The original cadre of the Waffen SS came from the Freikorps and the Reichswehr along with various right wing paramilitary formations Formed at the instruction of Adolf Hitler in 1933, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler was the first formation of what was to become the Waffen SS When the SA was rendered powerless in the Night of the Long Knives, many ex SA men requested transfer to the SS, swelling its ranks and resulting in the formation of several new units including the SS Verfügungstruppe, SS VT to become the SS Division Das Reich and the SS Totenkopfverbأ¤nde, SS TV, the concentration camp guard unit to become the SS Division Totenkopf The majority of the Waffen SS men originally received second rate weapons and equipment with many formations receiving Czech and Austrian weapons and equipment With the exception of a select few of the Germanic SS Divisions, this policy was