Italian Army Field Soup Cooker

Italian Field Kitchen Gear

This is a field soup cooker issued to the Italian Army, built to prepare and carry a hot meal for troops away from a fixed kitchen. A stainless steel food container sits inside a rigid olive drab case, so the cooking vessel stays protected and contained during transport. Collectors of European military kit, reenactors setting up a period field kitchen, and campers who want a heavy-duty group food container will all find a use for it.

Features

• Stainless Steel Inner Container — The rectangular food vessel is stainless steel, a metal that resists rust and does not hold flavors from one meal to the next.
• Clamp-Down Round Lid — A cross-bar clamp with a T-shaped handle presses the circular lid down onto the container to keep the contents sealed in.
• Side-Mounted Canister — A capsule-shaped stainless canister is fixed to one end of the inner container and retained with a short chain.
• Fixed Carry Handle — A bolted handle on the opposite end lets you lift the inner container out of the case.
• Riveted Metal Liner — The interior of the case is lined with sheet metal riveted around the rim, giving the inner container a rigid, cleanable well to sit in.
• Over-Center Latches — Two lever latches, which lock by pulling past their pivot point, hold the lid closed on the front of the case.
• Chain-Retained Lid — The hinged lid is tethered by a chain so it stays upright and open while you serve.
• Olive Drab Outer Case — The rounded-corner case is finished in OD green, the standard olive drab of military equipment, with raised slats and a panel across the top.
• Front Label Plate — A mounted plate on the front of the case gives a place to mark contents or unit details.

Genuine Italian Issue

This cooker was made for and issued by the Italian Army, not built for the civilian market. The nested layout, a stainless food container clamped inside a latched, metal-lined case, follows the military's own design for feeding troops in the field. Authentic issued pieces like this are hard to find outside Italy, which is why they appeal to collectors and to anyone building an accurate field kitchen display.