28 October 2012, 20:08
Some military grade nato numbered cookers could burn parafin, petrol, avgas or diesel, Thats all I can remember, as for Stoves in the generic sense I remember the desert army diesel cooker was just a big tin filled with sand and diesel was added, bit of cloth as a wick and that was it. Diesel SHOULD burn in better Hurricane lamps but cos its not as highly refined as parafin it will be sootier.