The listing, GI Type P-38 Can Opener has ended.
NEW Genuine GI US Military P-38 Can Opener - 1.5" Long. Dimensions: 1.5" x 5/8" (inches), tip extends .5".
Color: Silver
The Army's greatest invention.
Small and light to carry around.
Fits On Keychain.
Great Backpacking Tool!
Faster than a normal can opener if the user has sufficient experience.
Also known as a John Wayne, so named because the actor was shown in a training film using it.
The can opener is a small folding blade used to open canned rations (such as K-rations or C-rations) amongst many other uses.
List of uses by the pentagon:
1. Can opener
2. Seam ripper
3. Screwdriver
4. Clean fingernails
5. Cut fishing line
6. Open paint cans
7. Window scraper
8. Scrape around floor corners
9. Digging
10. Clean out groove on tupperware lids
11. Reach in and clean out small cracks
12. Scrape around edge of boots
13. Bottle opener
14. Gut fish (in the field)
15. Scale fish (in the field)
16. Test for 'doneness' when baking on a camp fire
17. Prying items
18. Strip wire
19. Scrape pans in the field
20. Lift key on flip top cans
21. Chisel
22. Barter
23. Marking tool
24. Deflating tires
25. Clean sole of boot/shoe
26. Pick teeth
27. Measurement
28. Striking flint
29. Stirring coffee
30. Puncturing plastic coating
31. Knocking on doors
32. Morse code
33. Box cutter
34. Opening letters
35. Write emergency messages
36. Scratch an itch
37. Save as a souvenir
38. Rip off rank for on-the-spot promotions
39. Bee sting removal tool (scrape off wit blade)
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