Complex sentence: Translated as "Team Leader", a Rottenführer was the first SS and SA position to have command over other paramilitary troops, usually no more than five to seven persons.
Split into simpler sentences: Translated as "Team Leader", a Rottenführer was the first SS and SA position to have command over other paramilitary troops. They commanded a "Rotte" (File or Team) usually numbering no more than five to seven persons.