As this U.S. Army M1942 2-Burner is made by Coleman, it can be legitimately called a ‘Coleman 523’, which was the internal company designation by the manufacturer for this stove. The other manufacturer which manufactured the M1942 2-Burner was AGM. ——————————————————— Manufacturer data: The fuel tank capacity is 2 Pints (U.S.) = 946 ml Fuel consumption (gasoline ) = 2 pints (U.S.) per 3 to 5 hours Heat output (per hour) = 5,000 BTU Weight (without fuel) including the carry case = 12 pounds ——————————————————— The stove is equipped with four legs, which can be locked into 3 different positions. These are used to support the stove, hold cooking utensils and also support the windshield. Alternative leg position. Stowed position. Close-up of one of the ‘leg-position’ brackets. Some close-up photos detailing different aspects of the M1942 2-Burner stove. Brass pump knob. Fuel filler cap. Lefthand burner fuel valve assembly - fuel valve knob, cleaning needle wire lever, preheater cup and burner windshield. Righthand burner fuel valve assembly - similarly, fuel valve knob, cleaning needle wire lever, preheater cup and burner windshield. Wrench location - rear righthand frame support leg and held in place with a riveted spring clip at the bottom with the top end of the wrench pushed through a purpose-made punched out hole in the stove top. Interestingly, there is the same punched-out hole sitting diagonally opposite on the stove top, along with a small round dot punch located in the lefthand front frame support leg, where a rivet would go in order to hold the wrench’s spring clip. Location of the two later type ‘short-style’ spare parts tubes - which are clipped on to the underside midsection of the stove top. Each contain 1x generator and 1x graphite packing. The burners with the integrated windshield on the M1942 2-Burner are the same type as on the M1941/520 stove. The stove comes with a very robust, mounted windshield. The two rear top and bottom sections of the windshield are slid together with each section then clipped to their respective rear leg. The ‘two-position’ hinges latch onto the top of the rear legs thereby securely locking the windshield’s side panels in place. Additional photo’s to follow…
The mounting of the windshield on the stove still allows easy access to the stove’s pump (and fuel filler cap). This is the rear view of the windshield, which also shows the outer part of the hinges. As viewed, the left section of the steel windshield had been subjected to a fair amount of surface corrosion, which I removed using ‘Bilt Hamber Deox-Gel’ rust remover. My assumption is that at some point in its life, this section of the windshield had sat against the bottom of the carrying case with some water being present when the stove was packed away for an extended amount of time. One can imagine the case body doubling up as a very useful receptacle to wash up cooking pans, coffee cups etc. This is the carrying case - the case body is aluminium and the lid, stainless steel. Size (inches): 14½ x 8¾ x 4½ Stamped into the centre of the lid. The carrying case has a (locking) catch on either side to hold the lid in place. Catch in the locked position. Unlocked… Stove in its ‘stowed position’ inside the carrying case - a perfect fit. This M1942 2-Burner also came with its operating and maintenance manual. In getting this stove up and running, all I ultimately had to do was fit a fuel filler cap seal. Pre-heating. Twin ice blues… Thank you for having a look through. Pharael.
Hi @Pharael .A great find. This stove is in very good condition. I like its well-thought-out design. Thanks for the detailed description, which gives me a good idea of its size. Until now, I thought it was bigger.
@Knee Thank you. I think the stove had only been used a few times, such was its very clean condition. Same as on the Coleman 520, the cleaning needle(s) can be used to regulate the burners to simmer if needed…so no issue in cooking on this stove with my Hajka. Pharael.
