A Look at WWI to Vietnam U.S. Army Canteens

[@kenc9236]

Interesting video. Good job.

[@GadgethasTime]

Awesome educational video!

[@vincentrudge.2922]

Excellent presentation and very informative.love those canteens.

[@sovpha]

Congrats on your first video). Nice job.

[@harryshinkle6076]

Omg I love this so much

[@johncopeland6124]

Same

[@ritchhistory1888]

Hey thanks guys

[@gonecamping3278]

I'm proud to say my ww2 canteen and cup are both 1945. cover a nice high quality replica with the same dot clips from the same manufacturer. But i can't remember where i bought it at! they had a wool lined one i wanted to get!

[@indy197905]

atthefront has nice wwii reproduction items,

[@soldierstudios7316]

Thanks for the info, I had the rolled edge canteen cup from 1943 and the flat edge canteen cup from 1944

[@hodaka1000]

A modern Australian water bottle is much like the plastic one on the right I could be wrong but I think the lid on the US version is molded in one piece with the plastic tag that attaches it to the neck of the bottle, unless I'm mistaken about the lid on the US version I believe the Australian design is superior in that the plastic tag that attaches the lid to the bottle is a seperate piece from the lid that allows the tag to slip around the lid while also being able to slip around the neck of the bottle I have a few of them with dates from the early 1970's to this century The Australian cups are much like the second one you showed with the flat top edge is made from some type of rust proof steel and has the same type of handle that hinges up from under the cup and locks in place the same way These bottles and cup are dated and have Australian manufacturing markings The bottles from the time of the Vietnam war are jungle green and ones from this century are more like a light desert khaki green

[@nicholasherod3012]

So were these used where they made one model, then switched to another model, then switched to another, or were there multiple models being used by different companies at the same time?

[@ritchhistory1888]

Especially during WWII, different companies made the different models throughout the war. If you google a 1945 canteen, for example, you’ll see both the horizontal and side seam.

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

I have the plastic one.

[@Jakster-ey9my]

This is really cool, where did you find these?

[@ritchhistory1888]

I bought most from other collectors or from estate sales, but the M1961 I got from online.

[@thomaswilkerson9961]

Interesting info. Does the 1944 version with the horizontal seam also use lead for the weld?

[@ritchhistory1888]

So I’m not 100% sure, different contractors had different methods but I would assume so.

[@ritchhistory1888]

Here’s a link that explains it : www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/207364-is-there-lead-in-my-canteen/&tab=comments#comment-1625859

[@georgewashington3393]

They were still using L shaped handle cups in Vietnam.

[@gachaclub588]

My brother have that the 4th one

[@EmersonCarmen-kz4br]

I have one

[@EmersonCarmen-kz4br]

I have