I was issued this and actually , it is an awesome bomb proof canteen. + great capacity, + you can boil water straight out of it, + wide opening to collect water from the ground, + pouch is lined with some kinda felt that keeps it cool, - the aluminium cup will burn your lips but the US or new French stainless one fits the bottle,

Unlike other metallic surplus bottles I've had in the past these don't appear to have any oxidising or other suspicious metal growths going on internally although and for the most part the ones I received don't look to gipping inside either and the mouth is wide enough to see everywhere inside except the shoulders making cleaning and spotting the majority of spots you might have missed a doddle. With the exception of the one bottle that has a replacement lid which needs fixing on the rubber seals are a bit dried out but still functioning better than I expected, so well in fact that when I was doing stage one of my cleaning process when I went to open them I thought there was a snake inside, as the bottles hissed when I started undoing the caps. Whilst the bottles look to have some very minimal use, mostly scuffs and a couple of singe marks but no dents that I've noticed, the mugs appear to have no use whatsoever. 3 of the mugs for the 4 bottles I ordered match the bottles (same manufacturers markings) the 4th bottle had different markings and a mug that was jammed on which looks more of a fit for a European ALICE canteen of some description. The pouches seem hit and miss for functionality 2 of them have the press studs functioning properly the other two they were stuck shut on arrival and broke when I tried to open them in order to remove the bottles and mugs for cleaning, so I shall have to improvise a new closure function for them. The linings also vary 2 have a white sort of frieze style liner and the other 2 have a black liner somewhere between a frieze/wool style liner. The issue with the pouch studs and the single wrong mug is why I've not gone for a full 5 stars, otherwise these are great canteens and the first time I've seen them complete with the mugs and pouches and at a reasonable price. Most times I've seen bits for these the sellers are asking the price here or more just for individual components.

Mine came dirty and the seal is no good. Other then a good cleaning its not to bad.