How To Pick the Right Military Surplus Mess Kit

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@hairlessharescrambler56 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather left me an entire basement full of ww2,Korean era,Vietnam era and 80's era military gear and I already had alot of modern surplus gear so I'm set for life on surplus gear

@JohnH.Winstead Ай бұрын

I'm sorry for the loss of your grandfather but for the treasure he left you I have to say you lucky dog. Cherish it all because if he didn't he wouldn't have had it.

@hairlessharescrambler56 Ай бұрын

@JohnH.Winstead Thank you, he was a veteran and the best man I knew and the only one in my family that I looked up to,I feel pretty lucky to have had my grandfather in my life till I was 42 years old 👍

@JohnH.Winstead Ай бұрын

@@hairlessharescrambler56 That's how it was with my grandfather. He was in a tank when it was hit by a mortar. He and one other guy survived the blast but his watch stopped at 11:22. He left that watch to me. Our grandfathers were real men no doubt about it.

@HakanJansson-zd6ef 2 жыл бұрын

The swedish kit: the two steel rings in the handle of the lid is for sticking a wood pin in to use as a long handle to use the lid as a frying pan over a camp fire. Best regards from the Swedish alps

@robertbates6057 Жыл бұрын

LOL ! Pretty cool kit.

@theeaselrider4032 Жыл бұрын

As everyone knows, the Swedes are known for their yodelling.

@ImaSMACKHEAD982 Жыл бұрын

Swedish alps? 😅

@jeroen79 9 ай бұрын

@@ImaSMACKHEAD982 It's cold up there.

@thediscombobulationzonecov6972 9 ай бұрын

Dang, I missed the Swedish alps in my visit, sucks to be me!! I enjoyed the video, thanks

@ste887 2 жыл бұрын

just a thing from a brit, whilst over here we do use the mess tins, back in the day most of us would just buy a crusader mug, stick it on the top of the water bottle and the plastic cup on the bottom. and whenever you got chance to brew up or was time for some scran was just quicker to break out the crusader mug and base, whack a hexy block in the burner base, swear whilst burning your finger lighting it. put metal cup on crusader base, stick boil in the bag meal in the mug, top up with water, boil till food is somewhat warm, use water to make tea from brewkit that was kept in crusader mug burning base. open your bacon and beans you've been looking forward to for the last 4 miles, stick maccys spoon into said bacon and beans "PREPARE TO MOVE!" grumble until you realise everytime you stop its time to move by the time you have hot food, next time, carry meal in armpit vent of smock so its somewhat warm when you sit down next time, least then you can wolf down your stew and dumplings, and have a ciggy, and if you're lucky and get water on the boil quick, might have time for half a mug of nato standard cofftea (looks like coffee, smells like tea, its thick like hot chocolate, must be oxtail soup!) handily these days most rations from what ive seen have a FRH in them, and the venerable jetboil is available on the market and fully recommended if you're yomping round somewhere cold, as you can get a half liter/brit pint of water from almost ice cold to rolling boil in a little under 150 seconds with the big gas tank (keep backup mini gas tank inside mug with brewkit, just incase) which means usually you have time for a cuppa whenever you sit down, jus pour some cold water in after boiling to bring it down to a gulpable temperature

@soggz4246 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Great vid. The UK use the aluminium cookset,The Dutch use the Stainless Steel. All the best.👍🏾🇬🇧

@3RiversSurvival 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@brucefluth3930 2 жыл бұрын

Self Reliance Outfitters just came out with their version of the Swedish mess kit all in stainless steel. Brand new it is cheaper than the Swedish kit on eBay. 😎

@margaretadler6162 Жыл бұрын

I have three of the swedish M40s and recently purchased the pathfinder version PFM40 and it think it's much better than the original swedish M40! ATB Sam Adler

@JohnH.Winstead Ай бұрын

And made in China.

@brucefluth3930 Ай бұрын

@@JohnH.Winstead does that make it bad? What’s your point?

@JohnH.Winstead Ай бұрын

@@brucefluth3930 No point at all. Support any country you like.

@papajeff5486 2 ай бұрын

I was in the army for 28 years. The only mess kit was a canteen cup…only, no lid, no stove. When MREs did come along, they came with a plastic spoon, which stayed in my left breast pocket, along with my family picture and my farewell letter.

@cardiacbob 2 жыл бұрын

I was issued and used that mess kit we kept a rag or socks in the kit to prevent the utensils rattling. Though honestly, most of the time in the field we used trays.

@g45sp4 2 жыл бұрын

It indeed gets really cold in the Swedish Alps

@Funkteon 2 жыл бұрын

Military mess kits suck (for campers and hikers), they always have - They were designed around the limited space inside a GI's rucksack and were never made for doing anything other than boiling some water to make coffee or tea, or at most, to heat a can of beans. They're next to impossible to properly clean without a running water supply if you cooked saucy foods in them, and they took ages to cool down before you could safely put them back in your rucksack, a major problem if you suddenly needed to move on from your position. If you're on the trail without a running water supply such as a tap or river nearby, you will rue the day you took one of these aluminium (or even stainless steel) mess kits along with you... The only way to have a small cooking vessel that doesn't require copious amounts of water and/or paper towel to clean is to have a hard-anodized aluminium non-stick pot from a company like GSI or similar, such as their 'Pinnacle Soloist'... You can easily fit a Trangia spirit burner and its stand, plus a rolled up windshield inside the pot and right there, you have a way of cooking without all the frustration associated with these old military mess kits...

@simonh6371 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I prefer the Swiss coast where it's much warmer.

@urbankotto9685 2 жыл бұрын

I like when my Swedish cocoklock wakes me in the morning so i can look out my window at the Swiss mooses.

@beansgalore5383 2 жыл бұрын

@@Funkteon ?

@stellanstellan8708 2 жыл бұрын

@@simonh6371 You prefer the Swiss east or west coast?

@slowtaknow 2 жыл бұрын

That yugo kit was made for a mess kitchen area, you stand in line for chow with two spots for food in one hand, drink in the other. Forgot where I had seen that explained

@koenvangeleuken6544 2 ай бұрын

one thing missing on all of them: (not a necessity with army rations, but a must have in civilian cooking) is a real frying pan! Meaning,one with an anti stick coating. available with a collapsing/folding handle in the outdoors stores.

@stefankracker147 Жыл бұрын

Everybody knows the very famous swedish alps... 🤣😂 But apart this little fault it was a very great and intersting comparsion of the different mess kits! Love this vid! My favourite is the czech or swedish one (which is smiliar with the usually german, romanian, austrian and polish ones).

@dag4321 Жыл бұрын

The way you where starting to assemble the USGI mess kit the first time is actually the correct way - If you notice there is a shoulder on the handle where it hinges. When you insert the ring side first it will stop against the shoulder of the handle, then you will notice that the 90 deg bend on the end of the handle is positioned perfectly to snap onto the lid portion. Now the lid is held in place at both ends.

@Trapperx89 2 жыл бұрын

I have 3 of the Yugoslavian Mess Kits. The 10 bucks i payed are worth it for the Cutlery set alone. I have set 2 of the kits up with different stoves. 1 with an esbit stove and another with a gas stove and a small gas cartridge. Added a Rag and lighter. I wouldn't use the Bottles. No idea if they're safe or not, but the kit itself is great.

@232stinger 2 жыл бұрын

I like how you always do a large variety of tools/items and look at them, instead of just 1 or 2.

@stillwater62 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great review. First time I have been able to watch a comparison of different military mess kits from around the world in one short video. American stainless steel is the way to go for me personally but some of the other kits had some nice features also. Thanks for making this video, it was educational as well as entertaining.

@woods_wanderer Жыл бұрын

I know I'm late to the party, great video. I haven't seen that many mess kits in 1 place being compared. I personally use the Italian kit you have there and have done so for more than a decade. The "cups" are great little frypans. I use them to cook in, eat out of and drink out of. Iv done stew in the pot before but it mostly just gets used to make hot water, rice and melt snow.

@joekurtz8303 2 жыл бұрын

Gifted a US canteen kit-circa 1982 , have the Yugo kit, & use the utensils daily at home, then the nato kit (Hungarian mess w/ Swedish style stove & trianga burner.

@thomasmusso1147 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍 .. nice comparison. Looking at Military Mess Kits, my favourites are the SS Canteen Cup with Canteen and the British style Rectangular Mess Kit. With these two and an Esbit Burner, one can rustle up most things. Why, I used them while serving back from the late 60's into the early 80's and still have, and use, a set of each. I do have my eye on the Swiss Army Mess Kit which is modelled on the Swedish Mess Kit but is more available 2nd hand and considerably cheaper. Thanks for sharing .. take care ..

@saltyroe3179 2 жыл бұрын

Used to camp with 1945 canteen kit that had aluminum canteen in canteen cup. Also used my BSA mess kit which came with frying pan and deep plate and pot and drinking measuring cup. The fry pan and plate closed around the pot and cup and I kept small items inside

@michaelbevan3285 2 жыл бұрын

the British version you show is called a mess tin and was usually accompanied by a hexi cooker, which used hexamine tablets as firelighters , which came in the ration pack. You can cook quite a decent meal as long as you have shelter from wind and rain. You can clean them with a steel scouring pad or even a modern synthetic kitchen pad.

@simonh6371 2 жыл бұрын

Those are the Dutch ones he's showing which are made of stainless. The British versions are made of aluminium, I can spot the difference because the Dutch ones here have rolled edges, the British ones are just straight cut edges. Also they look and sound different. Used the British ones for 5 years in a previous job. Nowadays in civvy street I use the Dutch ones.

@flatmoon6359 2 жыл бұрын

At a push you can use soil/sand to initially scrub mess tins,used for many years, prefer over all others.You can store lot of your food in mess tins,wrap half a green towel, round to keep quiet.Its been in use for 80 plus years, because it works.

@ImaSMACKHEAD982 Жыл бұрын

Bloody hell when did you serve 😅 we did away with hexi and we had jet boilers ... i mean we had them in training but id rather eat my food cold than scrubbing that carbon sute off the tins ... we use to put tin foil on the bottom of the mess tins when cooking so we wouldnt get picked up for that gpd awful sute Is was either cold food/tin foil or burning your hands due to having to clean the mess tins to get the sute off easier 😅 thank god for jet boils 🤙

@ImaSMACKHEAD982 Жыл бұрын

@@flatmoon6359That one bod rattling down the road at 3am after being bugged out on TacEx 😂😂😂😂 aghhh the times Sometimes i think training was better than battalion/unit life 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@simonh6371 2 жыл бұрын

Those are the Dutch mess tins. The British versions are made of aluminium, I can spot the difference because the Dutch ones here have rolled edges, the British ones are just straight cut edges. Also they look and sound different. Used the British ones for 5 years in a previous job. Nowadays in civvy street I use the Dutch ones, so I can easily spot the difference. The Dutch Army/Marines also carry a canteen and cup the same as the US ones. Other armies like the Aussies, NZ and SA also used similar rectangular mess tins in aluminium, as far as I know they too also carried a canteen cup like the US one. However in the British Army we weren't issued canteen cups, just the mess tins, but a lot of airborne and SF were able to acquire old 44 pattern metal canteen cups. The German kit you have is just the canteen and cup, they also carry a mess kit which is basically the same as the Polish one you have, the difference being that the lid/pan isn't as deep, and there is a third shallow pan without a handle which nests into the deep pot, in a chow line the two shallow pans clip together and with the bale on the deep pot all 3 can be held in one hand.

@joakimmelander 2 жыл бұрын

The swedish mess kit is missing the can opener, knife, spoon and fork. The can opener is separate but the knife, spoon and fork are like the Yougo but they look more sturdy.

@caseysimpson1806 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent overview and comparison of these kits. I like my and have a newer era German kit. These kits are functional, fun, and a bit of history. I have three canteen cups. SF

@DougSpende-eb2fz 11 ай бұрын

I was in the Marine Corps, too. 1987-1991 3M 3B. I brought home my k-Bar, my canteens, web belt, 1985 M12 holster. My first aid kit. I lost my lid and my cooker to. We're can I find a lid for my cup and my BBQ cooker! Great show Marine.

@axelbolldorf5531 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant comparison - thank you! Please allow 2 remarks - what you introduced from Germany, is the canteen. The german mess kit is like the polish one you have, but with 3 parts instead of 2. And it fits very well in the swedish stove you showed. And better than the danish mess kit, is the french one (M52) It's more durably made...

@h.a.9880 2 жыл бұрын

I like the design of the Yugoslavian mess kit and the variety of stuff it offers in a neat little package at a reasonable weight. If it came with a lid and had something to hang it over a fire, it would be perfection. Also you get them in Germany for around 9 Euros, which is a steal.

@szaki 2 ай бұрын

One more feature of the Swedish kit, if the black, windshield part is turned upside down, so the bottom faces up, it can be used with twigs to burn fire if ran out of fuel or something. Cooking pot just rest on top! That's why the Swedish kit is so popular, it has many features! The only bad thing I heard about the Swedish mess kit, the black windscreen part is made out of thin aluminum, so if it's used to build a fire inside, aluminum may melt! The new copy of the Swedish mess kit is all stainless steel, so it can handle the cooking fire. 👌👌😁😁

@ShivSilverhawk 2 жыл бұрын

I personally wouldn’t want to carry a heavy military mess kit around, but I’m very fond of the British Bcb crusader canteen cup. Only for nostalgia reasons though.

@RyouConcord 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely comprehensive overview thank you

@abandonedotter4270 Жыл бұрын

I havent really found a mess kit I really like. I use a 32 oz single wall bottle with a nesting pot for it in conjuction with a cold handle steel 'cowboy' 7" frying pan. But I like your vid. I've wondered about some of those systems but I dont need a whole 'nother 35 gallon tupperware of gear to go with the dozen I have already 😂

@davidalonzi2918 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot the British army BCB crusader system. Similar to the US system but designed to use a trangia stove, hexi blocks, gel or wood to heat up stuff. 🙂

@mordokai597 Жыл бұрын

the bottom of the swedish kit is good for kindling fire in wet and windy conditions. flip it upside down so it looks like a little igloo. drop the stand-off legs and stack damp small/medium kindling so its suspended off the ground. put your fluff and featherings in front of the opening so once a spark catches you can slide the wind screen toward yourself. keep putting dry kindling in the bottom and add larger chunks or small logs that need drying from the top (at an angle so they catch on one of the stand-offs and stay suspended above the small fire and coals)

@wextr01 Жыл бұрын

on that czech mess kit you can actualy put that plate in handle of the biggest pot. you can see that in old military films (from 60s) when soldiers with their mess kits are going to field kitchen and they have plate on that handle of main pot. basicaly the pot was for soup and plate for bread or things like that. and that middle pot can be used as coffee pot because czechosolovakian army does not have like mug pot that you can stack on field bottle, so i gues the middle pot was used for drinks.

@bellakaldera3305 6 ай бұрын

The Swiss kit was pretty cool too A cylindrical bottle that fit in a deep cup with a rocket stove that sleeved over both...

@davesskillet9235 2 жыл бұрын

I use my USGI system it's all stainless 1982 I like the simplicity of it I have an extra 2 qt plastic canteen with a camo carrier.

@keithorbell8946 Жыл бұрын

It’s a pity you couldn’t find the British Crusader system, metal mug (Mk. 1 steel, Mk. 2 aluminium) burner base and 1 litre bottle, plus a plastic mug.

@lifewithroscoe6513 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I have a Swiss mess kit. Looks like they used a Swedish design.

@Gorthain Жыл бұрын

I use the aluminum USGI because I'm a UL Backpacker, wish they made one in Titanium or teflon coated, but I am looking to anodize it.

@richardbaker8928 9 күн бұрын

British Army mess tins, been using the same set for over 50 years together with US army Mountain cook set.

@kimcurtis423 2 жыл бұрын

I got 4 of the Swedish ones many years ago, from Sportsman's Guide for $8 each. They work well and will be passed down to relatives whe I'm gone. There is a German kit just like it, too.

@raywhitehead730 8 ай бұрын

Mess kits aside, many millions of American Military ate off stamped stainless steel mess "trays" in chow halls across the globe, for many years. Indestructible they were, and easy to clean. I loved them.

@prominence2826 2 жыл бұрын

I recommend modern day civilian style cook kits just because they are more streamlined/lightweight and have good features. These old military ones are cool if your into that sort of the thing. (nostalgia or just military fan I guess)

@kuzinit2374 Жыл бұрын

I got a Chinese SS canteen cook set with a canteen , cup, lid , twig stove and carrying case , extra storage , and I recommend it ,

@CornholiusFugner 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! From my own military time I have experience with the German Bundeswehr mess kit, but I never liked the Esbit cooker you got as part of the equipment. Some years ago I got a Swedish M40 clone, which was good, but I got wary of the aluminium. These days there exists a stainless steel version of the M40 distributed by the German company MFH, which appears to be very solid, I'll try it out when hiking in Idaho in September. One side-note about the German canteen - if you pour hot water into the bottle and close the lid you have a perfect hot-water bottle you can put into your sleeping bag in winter times.

@P6009D 2 жыл бұрын

11:05 The Swedish Snuskburken is M40 model 1940 in stainless steel. This one is hopeless to get hold of. M44 which is made of aluminum is also hard to find.

@timmymansson5016 2 ай бұрын

The swedish is hard. Aluminum is easy to find.

@jelkel25 Жыл бұрын

Tried every mess kit you have there over the years except the Italian one and my Czech one was a stainless steel copy (good kit). It's really down to what you are using it for and personal preference. I've known people swear by the American kit as a frying pan, the German/Swedish kidney shaped one's have good bail handles and the British ones are pretty compact. I really like the American canteen cups and a regular billy can these day's, simple but they do the job.

@Murgoh 5 ай бұрын

My favorite is the Swedish one, yes, it's on the heavy side but very high quality and works fine even in cold weather and comes with a Trangia burner. Paid something like 20 euros for mine but it was over 10 years ago. Older model with a stainless steel pot too, the later ones are aluminium. And the German cutlery set is the best in my opinion, again a little heavy but has full size utensils that completely separate from the set so they are as easy to use as your regular tableware. Takes some practice to put back together though.

@thatgirlnaat 8 ай бұрын

Just bought the Yugoslav mess kit. Excited to see how it holds up camping

@nathanielruddock7359 Жыл бұрын

The canteen is m59 module and the colour is olive green.

@GlennDail 5 ай бұрын

the US two piece mess kit you kept the knife spoon and fork in it put it together ring side to other pan as you said one big side for main meal the other for sides after eating you kept together and added knife spoon and fork on handle carried it to a 55gallon drum with fire under it and had soap mixed in the water dunk it then a separate one with clean water boiling dunk and cleaning was done

@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 2 жыл бұрын

Nice display of kits. Thanks

@johnborup4575 Жыл бұрын

In the Danish army I was issued the crusader cup with canteen and the Dutch/English mess tins, they worked, but I have to give it to the Swedes, their m/40 'snuskburk' in steel beats them all, bought mine about 15 years ago and have exclusively been using that since.. Only downside is the aluminium windshield, that should have been steel too, so you can make a stick fire in there without risking it melting.. The Pathfinder School have had a clone made in all stainless steel called the PFM40, but they seem to be sold out in this part of the world, otherwise I would buy one for sure

@DingoNovember 6 ай бұрын

Zebra Thailand! I’m here to watch military surplus stuffs so i’m surprise to see it here, this brand is quite popular here in Thailand, high quality and has variety of stainless steel ware to choose from

@nathanielruddock7359 Жыл бұрын

The german one is post ww2 bundeswher because I have the same one bought for 10 pound.

@stewartrv 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video. There is a couple other British ones you missed that are also available surplus or new (for example: BCB Crusader Cooking System II, Stainless Steel), like a evolution of the US canteen kit. The Swedish one is cool but I'd go for the Pathfinder PFM-40 stainless steel clone which is about the same price new. I love the Zebra pots, but also recently got a Helikon-tex mess tin set which is basically a stainless steel clone of the Czechoslovakia - it's also very cheap (less than the surplus but new!).It's very heavy duty and built real tough (like the Zebra).

@abandonedotter4270 Жыл бұрын

Pick the one that will nest in a stainless utensil holder you can use for a 'stove'.

@slowtaknow 2 жыл бұрын

I have the us kit/ kits, I use to love the canteen set-up but prefer civilian versions now, the pan/plate combo with cutlery is hard to beat. My only change to it would be to thicken the bottom for better heat retention and spread, no hot spots/ cold spots- burnt and raw at the same time. I speak from experience.

@WillieBrownsWeiner Жыл бұрын

The US kit was never designed to cook in. It was designed solely to eat food from that was served out of mermites or CKs

@robertbates6057 Жыл бұрын

I have a few examples but really like the SS cup with the folding / lockable handle. Pathfinder makes a good heavy one.

@misolgit69 2 жыл бұрын

Did you know there are companies in China still making accurate functional copies of the 60s West German 3 piece mess kit and selling them as rice cookers

@gijr2003 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese have had rice cookers like that since WW2.

@Kodachrome02 6 ай бұрын

Mil-Tec sells them. Pretty functional for how cheap they are.

@oxxnarrdflame8865 2 жыл бұрын

I have all of those kits and a few more. All cool. Good vid 👍

@3RiversSurvival 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Funkteon 2 жыл бұрын

@richardkut3976 10 ай бұрын

Nice selection of mess kits,thanks.

@jamesvatter5729 2 жыл бұрын

I agree about the canteen cup set. The only thing that might be a nice add would be some kind of spork. The USGI mess kit is too noisy when in the hands of the average "Snuffy."

@ronaldrobertson2332 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the MRE plastic spoon. They're practically bombproof and can be used for cooking as well as eat with.

@nomadmarauder-dw9re Жыл бұрын

The U.S. G.I. mess kit is made for going through a mess line at a field kitchen. Only a raging lame brain would use it for cooking. More than once. Ditto for mess kits in general. BTW, heating stuff up is NOT cooking. Cooking is a process whereby one renders raw food into a state of safe potability. You're welcome.

@RaneBane Жыл бұрын

I never carry because I make chop sticks on the go. Too much cleaning and clanking around.

@outdoordauber 8 ай бұрын

Nice review of each kit. Didn't catch where you discussed which one is the right one for each cooking method or stove type. Maybe you did and i missed it among all the banging and clanging...

@davehumpleby3440 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully by now you've added the British Military BCB Crusader Mark 1 kit to your collection. If not, you should. You won't be disappointed.

@cb3391 Жыл бұрын

Usa, yugo my top two Picks

@B-leafer Жыл бұрын

Self-reliance outfitters made a stainless swedish m40 kit which is nice.

@mindfreak9674 10 ай бұрын

Dig the Italian - 2 frying pans n a pot. Thanks mate

@janecapon2337 Жыл бұрын

I am not sure if Sweden has Alps to get cold in… 9:09

@drcsep 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding review. I’m a new subscriber

@Timberbeartrail Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel great channel

@welcomeUNKNOWN Жыл бұрын

I have three sets of JNA(Yugoslavia) mess kits, one worn with a faint trench art, slightly used with NOS utensils, a modern serbian one with metal canteen. I really like the design amd integration with the JNA kit but I do wish there are copies that improves the design on them because I think it's such a compact kit. I do know people have modded Trangia's rectangle mess tin to fit the entire JNA mess kit to have an additional metal pan

@buckbuck22 4 ай бұрын

great content, thank you!

@WillieBrownsWeiner Жыл бұрын

The US kit was never designed to cook in. It was designed solely to eat food from that was served out of mermites or CKs

@JohannSwart_JWS Жыл бұрын

There's no Alps in Sweden :-) They are Swiss, or Italian, thereabouts.

@gregstarr2954 2 жыл бұрын

Great job！got one from Boundless Voyage

@jimcarlson6157 Жыл бұрын

now I gotta go and enlist

@urbankotto9685 2 жыл бұрын

The Swedish one should come with,spoon,fork,knife and canopener like the otherone.

@gijr2003 2 жыл бұрын

All the Swedish kits I've seen sold since 1990s don't come with utensils.

@rabbithole8592 Жыл бұрын

Titanium is the Best. Its Light. Strong. Doesnt Rust. And its the safest metal to Cook in as it doesnt leach chemicals into your food when Heated.

@Viktor-Tsoi Жыл бұрын

What material is the nesting cup for the Yugoslav kit made out of?

@3RiversSurvival Жыл бұрын

ALUMINUM I THINK

@Viktor-Tsoi Жыл бұрын

@@3RiversSurvival thank you

@JohnH.Winstead Ай бұрын

The words on the Yugoslavian mess kit are "Ne drzati na vatri" means "Do not keep on fire". 🔥

@BushcraftWoodsDevil 2 ай бұрын

I am curious about the painted/rubberized mess kits. Can't imagine them cooking over an open fire, as the coating would burn off. Were those meant for just Field Kitchen use, or did they actually cook over a fire of fuel tabs? Thank you.

@BushcraftWoodsDevil 2 ай бұрын

Seems like the paint was to prevent throwing a flash on the march/giving position away. I imagine the US ones were stowed away as they were bright stainless.

@mattmatty4670 2 жыл бұрын

Lol all that kinda good stuff. Cheers thanks mate

@albertborgman859 5 ай бұрын

Survival depends on water as a priority rather than food. Boiling and filtering water means carrying less toilet paper. Water is needed for treatment of radiation sickness. GI had a cup and an ova frying pan mess kit with carrier. ( Converted from the side to a butt pack.) Guess they liked making hardtack and corn dodgers. The forgotten item is the GI steel pot with removable sun helmet. It slowed boiling of water..The steel pot protects from shrapnel and glancing bullet fire. Kevlar does not serve the water purification purpose. You might find the Arctic kits have a larger snow melting container. It reminds me of Leith and water.( Welcome to Leith.) Marines and Soldiers with no skills . No water. Outhouse full. The well pipe capped off . Water purchased by the gallon an hour away. ( My gallons of drinking water appropriated by the females as wash water ) The Cannonball River ten miles. What do we do for water this winter- when the roads are snowbound? ( Melt Snow. Oh. ) The Dudes then went to the County Dude Ranch. True Story.

@debbiej.2168 Жыл бұрын

Where did you find a lid that actually fits your US canteen cup?

@DonMarquez-wj7ir Жыл бұрын

They make two after mkt versions of the lid, one has no vent holes one has about five small.

@justsayin7704 Жыл бұрын

Nice video! No useless babbling. Lots of information without the mindless talk!

@fattonyd232 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone make a stainless steel bottle that you can transport and boil your water in???

@jedreksirca3739 Жыл бұрын

I’m looking to do bushcraft and camping, have been looking at different military surplus styles, which ones did you like the most or think would be the best for that?

@Pygar2 5 ай бұрын

Self Reliance Outfitters PF40. Nicer than my original!

@ImaSMACKHEAD982 Жыл бұрын

I remember being in training and rucking into an area there was always one guy that would gingle down the road until being noticed by the training team... punishment would soon follow 😂

@etno2010 Жыл бұрын

16:27 its czsechoslovak army "eshus" ...try to put lid into handle of big pot...😉

@АндрейШмырев-ж3з Жыл бұрын

У автора видео нет советского набора образца 1957 года ( котелок,сковорода,фляжка)...довольно интересный набор.🤔

@mastedi 2 жыл бұрын

Sweden has the Alps?

@CIA-M 2 жыл бұрын

I work in a military thrift store in the Netherlands and we sell those Dutch kit for just €2,50 and the German canteen with cups for just €3,50, not even close to €15 and €30

@Deiter-y5g 2 жыл бұрын

Next do ww2 mess kits

@harrybailey4772 2 жыл бұрын

The German one isn't ww2 its much later than that the German ww2 one is similar to the swedish/Austrian one, the water bottle was separate, but apart from that the vid was fun to see other canteens/ mess tins i haven't gotten yet 😀

@runningman1156 2 жыл бұрын

I have a few of those

@douglashart8072 7 ай бұрын

They may want to try military surplus stores.

@larryalbert1027 6 ай бұрын

I have a ww2 German kit cup 2 pots for cooking

@richardkut3976 10 ай бұрын

Alps in Sweden?

@gijr2003 2 жыл бұрын

You spread the Swedish pot stand wings all the way open in the wind screen. 100s of you tube vids show this. Dave Canterbury is making a clone of the Swedish mess kit. I don't think you would see the Bundeswehr Canteen in any WW2 movie.

@xPumaFangx 8 ай бұрын

They are cool for the collector's aspect. But, I think modern hikers have gone leaps and bounds over what you have now. Like making an alcohol stove out of a pop can and oven tape. Some people have done better with a small round brick soaked in alcohol, as a stove. We have foldable rubber bowls, Rocket stoves, and Titanium pots.