From: Nigel Hay - MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 00:26:38 PDT
Funnily enough, this weekend i saw a galvanised Jerrican -
British/German/Nato type filler - can anyone shed any light on why
galvanised cans werent made standard?
Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Miller" <jlmill@umr.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Gas Can Question
> Just a guess but I would guess the imprinted numbers represent
> day-month-year. Thats the way many parts are labeled if actual numbers
and
> not a code are used to show the date. Kod shows up on many castings, thus
> the name CASTING KOD, with represents 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 then the day
> month year. DN DI DS stands for 06 of May, 2003
>
> Jacob Miller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Brennan" <brenrock@optonline.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:26 PM
> Subject: [MV] Gas Can Question
>
>
> > Hey List, I found a military gas can in a local dump and I am curious as
> > to how old it is. It's in perfect condition. Stenciled in white on it
> > is "Equip. Gas" and the markings imprinted on the bottom are "20-5-51".
> > Any clues? Thanks.
> >
> > John
> >
> > '93 M1038
> >
> >
> >
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