When you are a soldier in the army, unlike at home, you can sit down and make tea, and drink it slowly and methodically with a teacup. Back then, when we drank water in the army, we used military kettles to "blow" to our mouths, tilted our necks, and gurgled and gurgling.
When recruiting, everyone was given a military kettle, but it was all old. The kettles were left by veterans who had left the army, and the veterans passed the kettles to our recruits after they were discharged; The veteran's kettle is also left to the veterans when they are recruits, and the older veterans leave them. As long as the kettle doesn't leak and the kettle strap doesn't break, continue to use it. As for hygiene, who used to drink water into the spout and so on, we soldiers never cared.
Five-five military kettle
When I was a child, I saw my father's military kettle. He usually doesn't use it, and he takes it with him when he participates in training and outings. The kettle is with a cork, pull out the cork to drink water, after drinking the water, you should plug the cork hard, and then pull the strap that fixes the plug down tightly, otherwise the plug will fall off. Five-five military kettles, it is very inconvenient to use.
Six-five military kettle
When we became soldiers, we were given six-five military kettles. The kettle is still made of aluminum (modern people think that aluminum products are not good, but aluminum products were good things back then), but the process of kettle stoppers has changed, from the original "plugged type" to "rotary type". The swivel twist is very suitable for people to use, it is convenient and does not leak, and it is a step further than the lid of the stopper pot.
Back then, in the company, if I needed to drink water, I would go to the boiling bucket of the cooking class to fill it with water, and then hang it on the wall of the dormitory, and pick it up and blow a few sips when I was thirsty. When I was a soldier, I found a very strange phenomenon, almost none of my comrades-in-arms in a dormitory would often carry a kettle to the cooking class to fetch water, and no one would often hold a kettle to drink. The kettle that was distributed to everyone was almost empty throughout the year, and it was rare to use it a few times.
The kettle is not used, so what do you use to drink? Let me tell you, at that time we soldiers barely drank water all day long. The absorption of water comes from gruel and vegetable soup during meals, and from drinking water from a tea jar while on duty. The military kettle has become the "ear of the deaf".
I remember that there was a soldier in the company who went to the cooking class on time every day to fetch water to drink, and several times in the summer, everyone wondered. When he goes out on the street on Sundays, people carry a satchel and a water bottle. The instructor of the company also praised him for bringing his own kettle to drink water when he went out, saying that it was hard and simple. Later, I don't know who found out, because he had diabetes and wanted to drink more water, so he made full use of the military kettle. Later, he was discharged from the army.
Type 07 military kettle
Now that we are no longer in the army, the military kettle of the army has been updated many times. According to the information, it was found that the kettles used by the military personnel are also high-tech, stainless steel, which can keep warm, and they can drink hot water when they go out, and they can also make instant noodles to eat.
State-of-the-art military kettle