Steuerbord (Stb) – starboard side of a ship. Stielhandgranate – stick hand grenade: the "potato masher" Model 24 grenade. "stopfen" – a command to stop firing, probably derived from "stop your vents" Stoßtrupp – small unit as shock or attack troops. Stoß-[unit] – Stoßbataillon, Stoßregiment, Stoßdivision, a temporary designation for units, battalions, regiments or divisions that were held as mobile reserve and thus could be used to push (stoßen) an attacking force back in a counterattack. This term was first used in trench warfare in WWI, when in 1917 the defensive tactic of the German Army changed to in depth defense. The rationale was that frontline units in the trenches suffered so many casualties and material losses as not to be able to mount an effective counterstroke. Strategischer Sieg – strategic victory. Stube – room in the barracks, quarters Stuka – acronym for Sturzkampfflugzeug, literally: "downfall combat aircraft" figuratively: *dive-bombing aircraft". Particularly associated with the German Ju 87 dive bomber, although the German term refers to any dive bomber. Stukageschwader – a dive bomberwing/group, later Schlachtgeschwader in a ground support role (SG). Stupa – a Sturmpanzer IV assault gun. Sturm – assault. Sturmabteilung (SA) – "assault detachment," party militia, not part of the army. In the beginning the Nazi Party's "Brown Shirt" bully-boys and street brawlers that grew by 1934 into a paramilitary force of nearly a half-million men; after the purge of its leadership by the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Gestapo during the Night of the Long Knives rapidly decreased in numbers and influence. Sturmbann [plural: Sturmbanne] – lit. "storm band," a battalion; used by SA and SS units until 1940. Sturmgeschütz (StuG) – self-propelled assault gun, such as the Sturmgeschütz III. Sturmgewehr – assault rifle. Sturmtrupp – assault troop, a specially drilled group of soldiers, usually a squad or a platoon, that was used for assaults on fixed positions in trenchwarfare. Later usage in WWII was for combat patrols with orders to infiltrate Sturmbattaillon – assault battalion, specially trained and equipped battalions of the German Army in WWI, specifically created in 1917 and 1918 from the experience in trench warfare. StuK – Sturmkanone, prefix for the main armament of any German self-propelled artillery, also "StuH" for Sturmhaubitze, when a howitzer was used instead on a tracked chassis. Stützpunkt – military base. Süden – south. Swastika – English term for the German Hakenkreuz. sWS – Schwere Wehrmachtschlepper, late World War