Sturm Battalion

A force of all arms most remarkable in its artillery strength. It consists of 4 companies of infantry, 1 company of 16 light minenwerfer, 1 company of 30 heavy machine-guns, 1 section of 10 liquid fire apparatus, and 1 bat. tery of four 77mm. field guns, to which is added a squad of 30 or 40 Hu ars. A Sturm Division has in reserve 3 company machine-guns and one big unit of 300 men serving 4 heavy, minenwerfer and 8 medium. … The upper part of a divisible pack. The pack is 90 arranged that the lower portion, which contains the heavier and le nece ary portions of the soldier's effects, can be quickly detached, leaving onljr the upper part, termed t the sturntsack or a ault bag, which contains the reserve rations'. Sturm.