A survival kit inspired by the German Kochgeschirr M31 cooking pot from WW2

For many years, armies have provided personal equipment to their soldiers to cover their basic needs.

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These needs included preparing food and drinks. During both World Wars, the German Army used a pre-War cooking pot, the Reichswehr M1910, a 1910 aluminum cooking kit with a capacity of over 2 liters. In 1928, the Weimar Republic introduced the 1.6-liter SMM 28 cooking pot, which was replaced a few years later by the 1.7-liter Kochgeschirr M31 (Cooking Pot M31).

The M31 was carried on the back of German soldiers, along with a bread bag and a canteen, which constituted their unique feeding equipment. The M31 was manufactured in different colors and variants, but the basic idea was always the same: an aluminum container with two compartments and a lid that served as a frying pan.

After World War II, mountain and survival enthusiasts, as well as young explorers, continued to use these types of cooking pots, as they are very practical and very well designed. In a video published yesterday, Aventuras Entresierras (a YouTube channel I recommend you subscribe to) shows a survival kit inspired by the Kochgeschirr M31, made with a modern reproduction of that German cooking pot, but smaller in size (the video is in Spanish, you can activate automatic English subtitles in the bottom bar of the player):