John, You are correct and perhaps I should have said, "to the rear of the assaulting infantry troops". Of course, light Minenwerfer were included in the assault as support to the infantry. In Bruce Gudmundsson's book, "Stormtroop Tactics", he states that "Immediately behind the line infantry, the organic trench mortars and grenade launchers of the Assault Battalion would move forward to positions from which they could support the further prosecution of the attack". My comment was that it made sense to me that an artillery Luger would be issued to a Minenwerfer unit, as such a weapon was not normally issued to assault infantry. Chip