In a sollstärken document for Volks-Grenadier division there are columns for both a Feldküche and a Feldkochherd. It seems to me that de.wikipedia uses the terms interchangeably but since there are two columns in the document there must be some tangible difference between the two.
Doe anyone have an idea of what the difference might be between the field kitchen and the field “cooking stove”.
Thanks.
Richard
what is the difference between a Fledküche and Feldkochherd?
Moderator: sniper1shot
-
- Supporter
- Posts: 128
- Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:54 pm
- Location: USA
- Contact:
-
- Patron
- Posts: 8459
- Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:41 pm
Richard - I could be VERY wrong about this, and I'm sure I'll be corrected, - but I thought a feldkuche was a boiler for "wet" cookery or an oven - soup/stew/goulash, and breads - whereas a feldkochherd was a mobile "hotplate".
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." - Malcolm Reynolds
-
- Supporter
- Posts: 128
- Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:54 pm
- Location: USA
- Contact:
-
- New Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:14 pm
Re: what is the difference between a Fledküche and Feldkochherd?
I own an original German field kitchen and have the field manual for it. According to the manual a field kitchen technically is the wheeled version, while der 'Feldkochherd' is the version that had the wheels removed and was mounted on steel braces in the back of a truck. In other words it was meant to be stationary. Far as I have found that was the only difference.
- Attachments
-
- p25p2.jpg (85.36 KiB) Viewed 3826 times
-
- Supporter
- Posts: 128
- Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:54 pm
- Location: USA
- Contact:
Re: what is the difference between a Fledküche and Feldkochherd?
Scott,
Many thanks for the reply and the photo. Based on your response i will venture a guess (do the research later ) that the Feldkochherd were used with more mobile units. Armed with this conjecture I reviewed the Feldküche and Feldkochherd distribution in a Volksgrenadier division and found that the Pz.Jäg.Abt. (Stu.Gesch. and mot Z units) was indeed authorized 3 gross and 1 klein Feldkochherd and no Feldküche. So far so good…
Thanks again,
Richard
Many thanks for the reply and the photo. Based on your response i will venture a guess (do the research later ) that the Feldkochherd were used with more mobile units. Armed with this conjecture I reviewed the Feldküche and Feldkochherd distribution in a Volksgrenadier division and found that the Pz.Jäg.Abt. (Stu.Gesch. and mot Z units) was indeed authorized 3 gross and 1 klein Feldkochherd and no Feldküche. So far so good…
Thanks again,
Richard
-
- Supporter
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:48 pm
Re: what is the difference between a Fledküche and Feldkochherd?
Feldkueche translates generally as field kitchen.
Feldkochherd tran's as a field kitchen stove.
-Landserstudent
Feldkochherd tran's as a field kitchen stove.
-Landserstudent