mess tins

Soldier's portable dishes

Mess tins are portable metal containers used by soldiers and campers for cooking and eating food.

The shallow, rectangular or oval pans typically nest together and serve as both pot and plate: He scraped the last of the beans from his mess tin.

Standard military kit for field rations.

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G