{"id":8546,"date":"2015-10-20T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/2015\/10\/20\/field-kitchen-restoration\/"},"modified":"2015-10-20T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:30:10","slug":"field-kitchen-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/en\/2015\/10\/20\/field-kitchen-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Field kitchen restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Military Field Kitchen is based on a 1916 model : one such original design is on display at the \u201cMus\u00e9e de la Grande Guerre\u201d (World War I) at Meaux in France (http:\/\/www.museedelagrandeguerre.eu\/en<\/a>).\u00a0 It was then horse-drawn with removable shafts.\u00a0 This design was modified in 1936 and again in 1938.<\/p>\n

Several manufacturers made them\u00a0:<\/u><\/p>\n

\u2013 Compagnie g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de construction Atelier de Saint Denis.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Avis (Atelier de Vincennes).<\/p>\n

\u2013 Atelier d\u2019Orval Maguin.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Somua.<\/p>\n

About 3500 field kitchen have been produced for the french army.<\/p>\n

One such field kitchen can cook for about 200 soldiers.<\/p>\n

It includes 2 wood burning fireboxes, 2 wood ovens, 2 ovens used to preheat the wood and 4 cooking pots.<\/p>\n

Weight empty : 2300 lb \/ 1040 kg.<\/p>\n

Total weight : 3200 lb \/ 1450 kg.<\/p>\n

Length\u00a0: 134\u2033 \/ 3.40 m.<\/p>\n

Width\u00a0: 77\u2033 \/ 1.95 m.<\/p>\n

Height\u00a0: 61\u2033 \/ 1.55 m chimney folded ( 83\u2033 \/ 2.10 m with chimney raised).<\/p>\n

Works on wood only (2 gasoline burner after the 1960s).<\/p>\n

It is a complete restauration that has been conducted\u00a0: everything has been taken to pieces, sand blasted, treated and painted.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t