Saukopf – "pig's head", used to refer to the shape of a gun mantlet or mount, alternatively called Topfblende in German military documents. Schanzzeug – entrenching tool; slang term for fork and knife. Schachtellaufwerk – name for the system of overlapped and interleaved road wheels used on German military half-track and armored fighting vehicles before and during World War II. Scharfschütze – "sharpshooter"; sniper, marksman. Schatten – "shadow"; division headquarters that controlled just a few combat assets, usually for the purpose of misleading enemy intelligence. Scheisskommando – latrine detail as referred to by survivors of the Konzentrationslager. Scheuch-schlepper – the adapted three-wheel agricultural tractor (named from the maker of the original agri-version) used to tow the Luftwaffe's Komet rocket fighter on the ground. Schiffchen – side cap Schirmmütze – officer's and senior NCO's peaked cap Schirrmeister – Harness keeper Schlacht – battle. "Von" is used for a general location and "um" is used for what exactly was being fought over; for example, the Battle of Midway is referred to as the "Schlacht um Midway" while the Battle of Trafalgar is called the "Schlacht von Trafalgar". Schlachtschiff – battleship. Schleichfahrt – silent running. schnell – fast. Schnellboot (S-Boot) – motor torpedo boat (British term: "E-boat", for "enemy"). Schnelle Truppen – lit. "fast troops" mechanized troops (whether armour or infantry). Schräge Musik – "slanted music", obliquely upward/forward-firing offensive German night fighter armament. Schutzpolizei – "protection police", the urban police; largest component of the uniformed police or Ordnungspolizei. Schutzstaffel (SS) – "Protection Squadron", a major Nazi organization that grew from a small paramilitary unit that served as Hitler's personal body guard into an all-encompassing security, police and combat force. "SS" is formed from (S)chutz(s)taffel. Had a tri-force structure: Allgemeine-SS or "General SS", general main body of the Schutzstaffel; SS-Totenkopfverbände responsible for the concentration camps; SS-Verfügungstruppe made up of military "dispositional" troops which, in 1940, officially became part of the Waffen-SS. Schürze – "skirting", armour skirting added to tanks to give additional protection. Schussline – line of fire. Schütze – lit. shooter; member of the infantry. From 1920 to 1945 also the lowest military rank. see also Scharfschütze. Schützenpanzerwagen (SPW) – armoured half-track or self-propelled weapon. Schutzhaft – "protective custody"; a euphemism for the power to imprison people without judicial proceedings, typically in concentration camps. Schutzhaftbefehl – "protective custody order"; document declaring that a detained person desired to be imprisoned; normally this signature was