Cookset, 20 man

[Jon Skagfeld]

Has anyone here had any practical experience in the operation of this unit?

AKA Outfit, Cooking, Small Detachment.

Measuring about 18' x 20", it has two units clipped together. The bottom section is a sort of combustion chamber into which a drip feeder feeds gasoline or light diesel oil. The top section contains pots, pans and cutlery.

There is a collapsible 5 piece smokestack which is part of the unit.

I've fiddled with this rig but, not fully understanding the principle of drip feeding, I'm very leery of proceeding to lighting stage for fear of leaving the Earth at a high rate of knots and meeting my Maker on the dark side of the moon.

Stencilled on the side is "R Regt C" (Royal Regiment of Canada). During my tour with the Royals, I can never remember such a unit being used on any exercise. We either had IMP hard rations or M37 Field Kitchen meals. (Mark Tonner: any recollection of this item during your RSS tour at FYA?).

Any help appreciated.

Regards