WWII U.S. Army mobile field Kitchen - 1/48 model kit

I'm not sure if this is appropriate to the WW2 time frame, but in the 1970s, the Army (at least within the 8th Division artillery) had no mobile kitchens. Instead, the mess truck was a 2 1/2 ton truck with painted plywood sides. If I remember correctly -always an iffy proposition - it was configured much like a modern day food truck with an elevated platform to allow a chow line to pass along the side. The food was prepared inside the truck, but served out of mermites.

And I still miss the SOS.

I hope this helps a bit.

Jim

Jim I experienced that when I was in the Marine Corps and we were training in a Army base. The chow truck that they delivered the food was exactly what you described and this was in the early 1980’s

Thanks.  I saw the truck model, but I am looking for something along the lines that I remember from USMC early 1960's.  I remember the water buffalo which had more chlorine than water in the mixture, but can't remember the cooking apparatus.  The chow was not prepared in a truck, but I remember one the WWII vets in my unit talking about the mobile cooking stoves that were carried behind various vehicles.  

My search for the WWII kit is to complete my WWII military consist that includes flat cars with MTH military vehicles and Weaver troop carriers (includes a kitchen car).  My intention is to add a end loading gondola car carrying the stove, a water buffalo and some fuel.

Thanks

As I think more about it, the mess truck had only modest cooking facilities in it; sandwiches, soup, coffee, etc. Most of the food was prepared in the rear and then mermited out to the field. 

I can't resist this anecdote. When the mobile field kitchens came out in the mid-80s, a curator friend of mine asked me what the difference was between the Army's new field kitchen and a German WW1 horse drawn one. The answer was that the Germans could cook on the move.

Thanks for the info.  I was planning to add one mobile field kitchen (not the 6-by truck) to the gondola with the fuel supplies for the Weaver Troop kitchen car.  As seen on the photo I have placed some packing boxes, tarp  and canisters in the place where the kitchen would go.  Not sure if the gondola concept is very realistic, but it was fun to put together.

When I was with the Artillery, 155mm towed, our mess section worked out of a GP medium, and moved with us. I've never seen a 1/48 scale equipment set. 

I'm glad I was in the Navy. Three squares daily on board ship and a nice rack, fart sack, to sleep on.