British Army Diesel Cooker

[Ben Casey]

you mean the old BV, boiling vessel they were great things I converted one to work in my rover, but when I left one of my units I left it behind one of the bigeest mistakes I ever made.

Yeah thats it they where great things

[TinkyPete]

They are in a lot of the new vehicles including Vikings

[Ben Casey]

They are in a lot of the new vehicles including Vikings

I think it is one of them things Squaddies will fight to keep Robust and good at the job

[happybonzo]

Fill yer boots

- and Electrothermal will even sell you one

[Ben Casey]

Cool find there I just need the tank or Landrover now

[rosshs]

We had some donated to our scout group, seemed to take ages to warm up (compared to our coleman petrol stoves anyway), and the diesel smell was pretty bad. You need a priming gel/liquid to warm the fuel pipes so the diesel will turn into vapour as well. Seemed pretty robust though.

[FishyFolk]

Looks a lot like the Optimyus 111 we use(d) in the Norwegian army. That one burned kerosene, and we had to pre-heat it with meths to get it going.

Just saw a used one for 250NOK, so might pick one up just for the nostalgia. They weigh 2 kg sans fuel....

[EddieJ]

Sorry for the late entry to the thread..

I have a bit of a weird fetish for army cookers. I have several early No2 petrol stoves and three of the later modified versions. I also have a new old stock No3 and a diesel No12.

I have never had any issues using diesel in the No12, but upon recommendation I now run it on paraffin and keep meaning to order up an Optimus 0.32mm jet for it. I take the stoves to work with me in the van on an almost daily basis, but more often than not I tend to use my Swedish Army Enmanskok M/40 which I really rate very highly. I have both the aluminium and stainless version.

The No12



Running on diesel. I had a few issues with the jet not quite being tight enough and the flame spreader was also sitting slightly crooked. Quality control leaves much to be desired on these stoves, which is probably why people have issues with smell and mess. A correctly set up and prepared stove won't cause any issues. I'm pretty OCD when when it comes to looking after and cleaning tools and kit. In my mind being like this helps eliminate any issues from ever occuring.



And one of the lovely Swedish M/40's (aluminium version)

[Cascare]

I run mine on 80/20 mix paraffin/petrol, works a treat and never had a problem