At 09:08 AM 4/28/1999 +0200, Lars Svaasand wrote:
>With all this confusion about different gas gans, it is worth mentioning
>that not only the US made
>5 gallon gas cans during WWII. The Germans came up with the idea (hence the
>name Jerry-can).
>This can is actually 20 liters (close to 5 gallons), has 3 handles so it is
>easy to pass the can from
>one man to the next, has a cross-like indentation on the sides to allow for
>expansion, and a quick open-close
>cam lever opening (quite small), which it is actually possible to pour from.
>When filled, it has enough room left for
>air to allow it to float if dropped in water. When the British saw this in
>action in North-Africa, they soon realized
>that this can was vast superior to their leaky tin-cans, so they went ahead
>and copied the german design down
>to the last detail. They also used all German cans they could get hold of.
>The Americans preferred to use their design, I don't know how much the
>german can
>influenced this design.
>
>So the "correct" gas can for a Jeep could be of several types, at least if
>it is restored as an ETO-veteran. If you
>look at pictures from WWII, for example from the CCKW's carrying hundreds of
>gas can on the red ball express,
>you see that all types are present.
>
>-Lars, Norway
>
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