my mother had a neat old stove, she said it was a world war 2 french army camp stove, I have no idea why she thought this, anyway- it was only about 3 or 4 inches tall, about 28 inches wide (3 burners) and maybe 12 deep. very heavy iron. not the kind of thing you could tip over, but still not so heavy that you couldn't lift and move it with ease.
she set it on top of a slab of marble and piped gas to it. it was the stove I grew up with and used for about 10 years. it's still in use today.

this is the closest thing I could find on the net ..