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Bread was a very big part of the landsers diet...accounting for most of the calories in the morning and evening meals. Fulfilling the bread requirements for just one division was an enormous undertaking. 2/21 
During the interwar period German scientists and agronomists placed a particular emphasis on a soldiers caloric intake. The food shortages of the first world war and the sharp decline in morale that followed was a lesson that pre-war planners were determined to learn from. 2/18 
The Hf 11/13 and Hf 12/14 field kitchens were the workhorses of the German armed forces during world war two. The larger of the two models could feed up to 225 soldiers on a daily basis...and the smaller up to 125 soldiers per day. Both were engineered for maximum efficiency. 2 
