Swedish M40 Military Mess Kit - Comprehensive Review

In this video I review the Swedish M40 (stainless steel) military mess kit

Swedish (M40) Mess Kit (snuskburk)

History
• The first Swedish mess kit issued in 1895 was made of copper with tin lining.
• It was updated in 1940 with an aluminum version the M40 AL
• It was changed during the war to a stainless-steel version the M40 FR
• It was changed back to aluminum in 1944 to the M44
• The wind screen, stove sets were added in the 1960's, and prior to that, the mess kits were used as stand-alone cookware.
• In Sweden, this kit is called “snuskburken” which means “dirty bucket” or "filthy jar"/ The pot is a little hard to clean if food is burned and so on, and in lack of time and patience, the soldiers would often not clean it very thoroughly. So, over time it would get quite nasty.

Specs
• Mess Kit 1lb 15oz / 872gr (12cm Zebra plus 750ml cup weigh 1lb 5oz / 608 grams)
• Windscreen 7oz / 195gr
• Width 5 1/8” / 15.5cm x 4 1/8” / 10.6cm
• Height 5 1/8” / 13cm
• Volume pot 1.5L / 50 ounces
• Volume lid .75L / 25 ounces
• Swedish military issue normally has 3 crowns stamped into the kit however the stainless-steel version of the M40 does not always have them.
• It does have the clover is the mark of one of the companies that made these.
• The alcohol burner (by Svea) is made of brass and weighs 6.4oz / 182gr, nearly twice the weight of a Trangia. However, though always carried in the field, the burner was seldom used as food was normally cooked in a field kitchen.

Видео Swedish M40 Military Mess Kit - Comprehensive Review канала Mark Young