French army canteen

[Guest]

has anybody had any experience with French army aluminum canteens. just bought 5 of them off amazon for 7.00 each

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Being french I would imagine they can't hold their water when scared and will quit when they are needed.

[jmsneorrcom]

I think they have never been used and only dropped once, just like there rifles

[Matt In Oklahoma]

LOL, never used them bud, dont even remeber the French having metal ones when we trained together, seems like theirs were plastic too.
musta been before my time

[Irish-Tech]

My grandfather had something similar he brought home after ww2. i found it hiding in the the garage in the 80's and it had (scales?) i don't know what to call it but it had white stuff all over the can inside and out. granted that was over 30 years later. one big advantage i see is being able to boil water in the canteen just not sure what you would do with the plastic lib while on the fire.

[jmsneorrcom]

my thought behind them versus the plastic US ones is being able to boil water in them

[barfife]

Being french I would imagine they can't hold their water when scared and will quit when they are needed.

Way too funny.