U.S. Military canteen, plastic or metal?

My plastic don't have a gasket in the lid and so tend to leak a little. Anyone know where to get gaskets? I have half a dozen and would like to use them more.
Bob
 
wow, yeah, i've never seen one of those stoves. might have to look it up. i'm still trying to decide between plastic GI canteen and stainless GI cup, and the guyot stainless canteen with the stainless cup. I used to have the plastic canteen, tasted water from a aluminum one once, wasn't a fan.
 
Quill said:
I prefer the plastic. If you want you could put pretty hot water in it and slip it in your bag.
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I've always noticed a taste to the plastic ones too. That said, I carry the plastic ones (I also carry a 750ml metal bottle too, whihc is tasteless). I carry a aluminum canteen cup too.
 
theedge13 said:
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Has anyone seen or tired this other style of stove/stand??

http://www.imsplus.com/canteen-cup-stove.html

US 91?
 
bltjr1951 said:
Has anyone seen or tired this other style of stove/stand??

http://www.imsplus.com/canteen-cup-stove.html

US 91?
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I don't like it...doesn't look like you could get fuel in it without having to remove the canteen cup. I like the one pictured as you can actually build a fire underneath and continue to feed twigs into it. Or, you can dig a small hole and place your Swedish alcohol stove under it as well. Not sure how the other design works...my assumption is with solid fuel only (hexamine or trioxane).

ROCK6
 
I use a WWII Stainless Steel canteen and cup. It is twice my age but with a new O ring seal, it is a perfect companion on trips when paired with my BRKT Fox River and Firesteel. I use it 12 months out of the year and have boiled water in it, used it for a "hot water bottle" inside my sleeping bag and have even drank out of it (can you believe that?!) In my opinion, I think the bean shape of the USGI canteen rides better on a belt than my Kleans or Guyots. However, the narrow mouth is a pain in the dupa as it freezes pretty fast compared to the other previously mentioned bottles. Then again, the narrow mouth makes drinking and driving ( I can't believe I'm about to say this) safer. Drinking and driving with water in the canteen of course!
 
Oh yeah, one more point. The USGI stainless canteens are fetching a premium at some gunshows. I paid $15 for mine and gave the cover to Marty. I replaced it with an Eagle Industries cover and have been happy since. You can find them on Ebay and around but they are getting hard to find. Only buy the steel version though, not the aluminum.
 
The canteen cup stove was designed by the Army's Natick Laboratories in Natick, MA in 1984. I was the project officer for the Army's Combat Field Feeding System then. We took the stove, along with other feeding systems, to Fort Hood, TX for test. It worked very well and was well received but did result in some funny situations. One trooper, a driver for the M577 command track for the commander, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cav Division, forgot that anything that burns needs to have a non-flamable base! He put the little stove on the seat of his vehicle, put a trioxane tablet in the stove, on the seat, lit it, and put his canteen cup of water over the stove. It wasn't long till the seat caught fire and completely destroyed the tracked vehicle and everything his Colonel brought to the field (TA50, maps, extra clothing, etc.)! I have one of the early prototypes that is a little taller than the ones shown in the photos above. Also, don't heat the cup till you put water or food in it. It makes a mess and may distort the metal in the cup.

I prefer the plastic canteen as long as I have the cup and stove. Some said they could actually get the separated peanut oil that collected on top of the peanut butter in the little "C" ration tins, to light! I never saw it but ....? Also, in Vietnam, soldiers used to remove a small "pea" sized piece of C4 out of the Claymore mines and light it on fire when trioxane tablets were not available. It burned quite hot so you had to be careful. ...and for heaven's sake, let it burn completely, don't stamp it out!
 
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bruce said:
Also, in Vietnam, soldiers used to remove a small "pea" sized piece of C4 out of the Claymore mines and light it on fire when trioxane tablets were not available. It burned quite hot so you had to be careful. ...and for heaven's sake, let it burn completely, don't stamp it out!
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LOL! :D Good one. :thumbup:
 
k_estela said:
In my opinion, I think the bean shape of the USGI canteen rides better on a belt than my Kleans or Guyots.
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Ah good point! I'm glad I recently bought the GI canteen (plastic though, but good enough with stainless cup) instead of the guyot like i was going to. Might still get it anyway, down the line, just to try it out...
 
Bruce ,that story about the cup stove on the truck seat explains perfectly why they don't let paratroopers pull their own ripcords.
 
ROCK6 said:
I don't like it...doesn't look like you could get fuel in it without having to remove the canteen cup. I like the one pictured as you can actually build a fire underneath and continue to feed twigs into it. Or, you can dig a small hole and place your Swedish alcohol stove under it as well. Not sure how the other design works...my assumption is with solid fuel only (hexamine or trioxane).

ROCK6
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It's designed for a fuel bar. They were trioxane when I was in. EDIT: referring to the pic by btljr.
 
bltjr1951 said:
So why do some folks say they were used in WWII? There's even a picture of one in a WWII collectors book.
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The basic cup design dates to WWII era, but was redone in the 1980's. They latest generation are aluminum where as the older (WWII) ones were steel.
 
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mp510 said:
The basic cup design dates to WWII era, but was redone in the 1980's. They latest generation are aluminum where as the older (WWII) ones were steel.
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We were talking about the "cup stand stove". WWII cups and canteens were made of several metals, plastic and styles.
 
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