Circumventing The Versailles Treaty Military Restrictions
The Reichswehr, as it was reorganized under Hans von Seeckt, evaded these prohibitions through a variety of measures. Initially, measures including hiding stores of weapons and munitions, and trying to maintain production capacity by camouflaging it as civilian activity. In a wider sense, freikorps like the Sturmabteilung (SA) or the Organisation Consul also belonged to the Black Reichswehr, although those were not commanded directly by the official Reichswehr.
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