More recollections.
Sorry don't mean to get off the cable thread either but have to share my stories. When I retired from the Army in 2000, we still had yukon stoves, potbelly stoves and emersion heaters. The cooks had to get a class from the Motor Sgt and have it added to their equipment license in order to light them. In my last tactical unit, we didn't use the Yukons as all other equip ran on diesel ( the cooks had a ration book so the could get their gas on the economy). So we had the M 1941 Pot belly stovetove. Now they ran on diesel mostly ( some guys ran a slight mix of mogas with the diesel in the winter to get the fuel to flow easier). They would get nice and warm( when working properly) and would glow a cherry red that you could actually notice the temp differences in the stove and exhaust pipes that made them look translucent. Like I said they worked very good when you had a good carburattor ( once you found a good one you guarded it ) But I have seen my share of tent fires with them as well. If you had high winds, it would blow down the chimmney and keep the fuel from burning comletely. Once the wind let up, the unburnt fuel would ignite a boom and shoot burning soot onto the top of the tent. Boy oh boy does old Army canvas burn fast. Just some old memories.

Jim