Military Surplus Cold Weather Canteens, Functions, History, And 2 HOLY GRAIL OF CANTEENS 

As an arctic infantry scout in the 1980s, I am very familiar with the round canteens. Once I had the plastic stopper come out and splashed water down my leg on a very cold day, field pants with liners and long johns soaked through. They worked well in -10° to -20 Fahrenheit, some freezing around the cap, but you could break through with a stick and there would be liquid below. By the way, I only know of the cotton canvas cover.

Over night in cold weather using only military surplus gear and cloths plz 👍

Cool stuff 👍 looking forward to the camping adventures this winter ❄️ and fall 🍁 great video 👋🏻

I'm ready to test my cold weather survival lc2 kit my self. Nice video.

Post-ww2 U.S. canteen cup is made of stainless steel, You arctic canteen cup need to bent the hinge a little.

Ranger Canteen is a Commercial only item Ability One/Skilcraft is the US issue Canteen In the late 1990s The USMC had a trial wide mouth M1962 Canteen used at their Mountain Warfare Training Center (can't remember manufacturer) Cover contract date is 2022 as per the contract number on the label (W911QY22C0036) Arctic Canteen M1951 made from 1951 to at least 1986 M1951 I don't know where this aluminum idea came from (not the first time i have heard this), stainless steel inner & outer cup is also stainless M1951 cover is the same but comes with 3 different attachment methods M1910 Hook, ALICE Clips, & 1 with both M1910 & ALICE I love the extra research you did on the M88 something new I learned today

I owned the cold weather nylon canteen cover and its actually compatible with the p58 canteen

Good informational video Scotty, thanks for sharing, God bless brother !

Great video and information thanks for sharing

Those are neat! I know the last generation of canteen that the Canadian Army had was the same size as the USGI standard one but insulated. It also wasn't issued with the cup at all if I remember right.

I love your intro.....🎶🎶🎶......music sets the stage!!

Good information and Good Job

I love the intro

Great video, Scotty. Last year I was able to get the Arctic Canteen (the round one). It was new in the box. The plastic cap on mine was cracked too. I used some Gorilla Super Glue in the crack and put it in a vise and let it sit overnight and it sealed up the crack very well. I ended up finding the canvas cover and cup from a different website. Last week I just found out about the Gen ll canteen on Blackie Thomas' channel. Had no idea they existed. Would love to get my hands on one of those with the cup and cover. 👍👍

thank you for the video!! (been having some issues with posting comments. i think my note 8 wants to die)

That last canteen you talked about where you only have the pouch I have the whole set with the NSN card new in bag reach out to me if you’re interested in seeing it

Crack is for pressure relief, 80,000 feet the pressure builds internaly and it breaks canteens vacuam seal Canteen that froze probley lost its vacuam seal Be Well

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Good video, what we used to do as kids camping in the winter was to use the lc1 and 2 canteen cover with the pile lining than if it was to cold we would put them inside our m65. What I did once issued molle unlined canteen covers was to use a wool scock over the canteen with a bit to cover the lid. Cheap and effective. Hope this works out for you. Also put canteens at bottom of sleeping bag(if you use one) to stay warm over night. Hey keep up the good videos and work.