Gulaschkanone

WWII German mobile field kitchen LKW AHN

To provide hot meals to Wehrmacht soldiers in the field, company kitchens were set up to prepare meals. Qualified cooks were in charge of these issues, who also used the services of assistants. The cooked food was distributed either directly into soldiers pots or into special large thermoses (for delivery to units located at a certain distance from the kitchen). The Wehrmacht used field kitchens of several types: large kitchens for cooking for the number of soldiers from 125 to 225, or smaller kitchens for 60 to 125 people. They were transported either on a trailer behind cars or by a team of horses. They were also installed in the backs of trucks, such as the French-made AHN trucks in the Wehrmachts numerous fleet. Soldiers humour gave the field kitchens the name Gulaschkanone (Goulash Cannon).

ITEM NUMBER35415SCALE1:35DATE16.11.2023TIME PERIODWW2MARKINGSGulaschkanone, field kitchen in the AHN truckGulaschkanone, field kitchen in the AHN truck (paint option after 1943)MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X HEIGHT)190 94 mmBOX SIZE294 x 230 x 58 mmNUMBER OF DETAILS178