Identify This Trailer?

[tstone]

Anyone recognize this mobile kitchen type trailer? It appears to be a Soviet Block unit as everything on the data tag is spelled in syllables. It looks like there are 2 gas burners set in the body for the heat source. I have a chance on acquiring it but I don't know anything about it or what it may be worth.
Any information on this trailer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,




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[Scar59]

Check and make sure it's not radioactive.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Scrap value.

 

[1800 Diesel]

Tom,

Just curious if you were planning to restore this rig or just salvage parts off of it? If you figured on a restoration, I can say with a fair amount of certainty that you would not be able to recover your costs for labor & material spent trying to get the unit functional. Looking at the condition, I see several hundred man-hours of work plus additional man-hours searching for hard-to-find parts, not to mention the cost of any parts you could actually locate.

If you want to just salvage parts that's another story. I would say a generous offer (assuming this exceeds actual scrap value) would be $50 and not to exceed $100 if you just "had to have it".... I don't have a handle on the collector market for Soviet hardware, but I don't expect that would be a high-value piece in the US.

Kevin

 

[MWMULES]

I think it's for cooking something other than food.

Go for it if I was closer i would be all over it, burns gas and wood. It's old school non OSHA so may have a little asbestos here and there.[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[gimpyrobb]

I think it's for cooking something other than food.

Cats?!

 

[cbear]

Just playing on google:
mobile field kitchen KP-125m

 

[steelandcanvas]

What's the cool yellow box on the left rear with all the buttons and whistles on it?

 

[Jeepsinker]

I think it's for cooking something other than food.

Go for it if I was closer i would be all over it, burns gas and wood. It's old school non OSHA so may have a little asbestos here and there.

May? COME ON... That thing is Soviet, of course it has asbestos.

 

[61sleepercab]

Is it true that the rounded fenders on the trailer date it back to WWII service or Korean ? You would have the only one in the neighborhood I bet. I figure lead paint so be careful and protect your self if you scrape, sandblast, or otherwise remove the old paint. I would suggest a big drop cloth, masks, goggles and seal paint chips and drop cloth in a paint bucket and lawfully dispose of it the best you can. Do not stuff with paper ignite and put on neighbor's porch and ring door bell.

 

[tstone]

Guys, thanks for all of your posts. I was interested in the trailer it because of its uniqueness. If any of you have been to the rally at Aberdeen over the last several years there has been a group of German re-enactors that displayed and used a WWII MKT unit over the weekend of the show; I can't remember for sure but I think that they were out of Canada. Their unit was powered by wood and was set up like a double boiler that protected the food from burning; there are probably some pictures of it on the MVPA Washington Area Collectors - Blue and Grey Military Vehicle Trust site. This unit that I found is the closest thing to it that I have seen; I'll check it out and let you know what I find when I see it in person.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[ke5eua]

May? COME ON... That thing is Soviet, of course it has asbestos.

I brought home several trophies with russian on it, should I be concerned, I mean besides the crap the army subjected me to a little asbestos would be a dream come true, lol

 

[SteveKuhn]

I'm sure that the German re-enactors would be happy to have 2 when you get this one done. A prize taken from the Russians on the way to Stalingrad . . .

If you Google the term above and click images, you'll see lots of them including the double boiler. The 1st one I came across like that was labeled Russian.

I think it's cool. Buy it cheap, invest much expensive time, and have a real conversation starter.

Steve

 

[Tascabe]

As mentioned above it is a KP-125M field kitchen trailer.

Copy this into google to find a lot of pictures and pages that you can then use google translate to read кп-125м

here is one that has pics and specs.

http://russianarms.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=431

That one looks pretty roached but also Soviet field kitchens rarely make it to the US - most you do see in use for WW2 are the czech pk-25.

 

[PeterD]

I have a number of Russian friends, if you wish I can ask them. But I agree, it may be a lost cause--it's in really rough shape.