Forepack

The hulls are subdivided by five steel and one wooden watertight bulkheads. In the forepack is a storeroom for provisions, etc.; also gasoline tanks, behind which is a crew space, with ample accommodation for eight men, while aft are smaller but more comfortable quarters for two officers.

A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.

This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.

And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution.