kitchen Gruppenstab – command staff. Gustav Line – German defense line in Italy, centered on the monastery of Monte Cassino. GvD – Gefreiter vom Dienst – soldier who is the runner of CQ. H Hafen – harbour. "Flughafen" is airport. Hafthohlladung – German magnetically-adhered, shaped charge anti-tank grenade munition, ironically the type of ordnance that if the Allies also possessed them, Zimmerit was meant to prevent the use of. Hakenkreuz – (literally, "hooked cross") the swastika symbol used by the Nazi Party. "Halbe Fahrt!" – naval command calling for half-speed. "Halbe Fahrt voraus" is "half-speed ahead" and "Halbe Fahrt zurück" is "half-speed reverse". Halsschmerzen – "sore throat" or "itchy neck"; used to describe a reckless or glory-seeking commander, implying an obsession with winning the Knight's Cross. Halt – Stop! Freeze! Handelsmarine – German merchant marine. Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG (Hanomag) – producer of military vehicles, principally the Sd.Kfz. 251 medium-armoured halftrack. "Hart..." – naval command calling for a sharp turn. "Hart Backbord" is "hard-a-port" and "Hart Steuerbord" is "hard-a-starboard". Härteübung – hardiness training. Haubitze – howitzer. Hauptamt Sicherheitspolizei (HA-SiPo) – Security Police headquarters. Hauptbahnhof – main or central station. Hauptfeldwebel – company sergeant-major or first sergeant. Hauptkampflinie (HKL) – literally main combat line, official term for "front" until the end of World War II. Hauptmann – army captain. Hauptquartiere (HQ) – headquarters. Hauptstadt – capital city. Hauptwachtmeister – company first sergeant in artillery and cavalry units. Heckenschütze – "hedge marksman" hidden, ambushing sniper. Heckschütze – tail gunner the man to handle the Heckstand. Heckstand – tail gun defensive position on aircraft. Heer – regular German Army. Can also be used for any national army. Heeresgruppenkommando (HGr.Kdo) – army group command. Heimat – home, homeland. Heimatkurs – the way home. Literally "homeland course". Heimatschuß – "homeland shot"; a wound not severe enough to be permanently disabling, but of sufficient severity to require evacuation from the battlefront. The German soldier's equivalent of the American G.I.'s "million-dollar wound" or the British soldier's "Blighty wound". Heldenklau – "stealing" or "snatching of heroes"; slang term used to denote the practice of commandeering rear-echelon personnel for front-line service. Henschel – railroad locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer, and a firm responsible for many German World War II weapons systems for both the Wehrmacht Heer and the Luftwaffe, especially the heavy Tiger I and Tiger II tanks and the Henschel Hs 293 guided anti-ship missile. "Herr..." – In past