I just got my grubby mitts on a "Outfit, Cooking, Small Detachment" made by Chrysler Airtemp" in 1945, brand new and still in the crate.
So what is an "Outfit, Cooking, Small Detachment" (OCSD)?
It's a full set of stove, pans, frypans and utensils.
It runs off kerosene, leaded or unleaded gasoline, diesel and even gearbox oil diluted with gasoline according to the manual.
The thing weighs 40 kg and comes with its own chimney. It has a jerrycan adapter designed to screw into a US style "Blitz" jerrycan. All the components were wrapped in grease paper and cardboard.
The crates were shipped over here to Australia during WWII and then transferred to the Australian Army after the war. They were opened for inspection by the Aus army in 1950 and until yesterday they hadn't been opened since.
I don't have a US type jerrycan, but I set up the fuel hose as a siphon yesterday and cranked her up. Works pretty well.
Here are some photos:
The crate
grease paper wrappings
Everything set up and laid out - check out the chimney stack lol
The tool roll - contains a fork, spoon, carving knife, a couple of paring knives and a couple of can openers - supposed to have a pocket sharpening stone, but this wasn't present
The manual
One of the big pans and jerrycan adapter
The other pans. These were sitting on two large rectangular frying pans
Chimney and fuel system packed up
Instruction plate on the windshield cover
All closed up with a hammer for size reference
Anyone else used one of these? I wonder how difficult it would be to convert it to propane?
So what is an "Outfit, Cooking, Small Detachment" (OCSD)?
It's a full set of stove, pans, frypans and utensils.
It runs off kerosene, leaded or unleaded gasoline, diesel and even gearbox oil diluted with gasoline according to the manual.
The thing weighs 40 kg and comes with its own chimney. It has a jerrycan adapter designed to screw into a US style "Blitz" jerrycan. All the components were wrapped in grease paper and cardboard.
The crates were shipped over here to Australia during WWII and then transferred to the Australian Army after the war. They were opened for inspection by the Aus army in 1950 and until yesterday they hadn't been opened since.
I don't have a US type jerrycan, but I set up the fuel hose as a siphon yesterday and cranked her up. Works pretty well.
Here are some photos:
The crate
grease paper wrappings
Everything set up and laid out - check out the chimney stack lol
The tool roll - contains a fork, spoon, carving knife, a couple of paring knives and a couple of can openers - supposed to have a pocket sharpening stone, but this wasn't present
The manual
One of the big pans and jerrycan adapter
The other pans. These were sitting on two large rectangular frying pans
Chimney and fuel system packed up
Instruction plate on the windshield cover
All closed up with a hammer for size reference
Anyone else used one of these? I wonder how difficult it would be to convert it to propane?
