{"id":61187,"date":"2025-10-13T23:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=61187"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:37:48","slug":"a-survival-kit-inspired-by-the-german-kochgeschirr-m31-cooking-pot-from-ww2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/13\/a-survival-kit-inspired-by-the-german-kochgeschirr-m31-cooking-pot-from-ww2\/","title":{"rendered":"A survival kit inspired by the German Kochgeschirr M31 cooking pot from WW2"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many years, armies have provided personal equipment to their soldiers to cover their basic needs.<\/p>\n

The German Army's modular tent system to replace its 'Dackelgarage'<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe items a United States Marine carries in his backpack on a 72-hour operation<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

These needs included preparing food and drinks. During both World Wars, the German Army used a pre-War cooking pot<\/strong>, the Reichswehr M1910<\/a>, 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<\/a>, which was replaced a few years later by the 1.7-liter Kochgeschirr M31<\/strong> (Cooking Pot M31).<\/p>\n

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A German M31 Kochgeschirr cooking pot from World War II (Photo: Mus\u00e9e de la Lib\u00e9ration de Paris<\/a>).<\/div>\n

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

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German soldiers on a ship bound for Norway eating with M31 pots during World War II (Photo: Popul\u00e4r Historia<\/a>).<\/div>\n

After World War II, mountain and survival enthusiasts, as well as young explorers, continued to use these types of cooking pots<\/strong>, as they are very practical and very well designed. In a video published yesterday, Aventuras Entresierras<\/a> (a YouTube channel I recommend you subscribe to) shows a survival kit inspired by the Kochgeschirr M31<\/strong>, 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):<\/p>\n