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Thank you for the continuing photos everyone, I’m glad this thread continues as it is a very important subject whatever the era of conflict. In the back of the truck are those 4-gallon “flimsies”? I have never seen the undersides or the tops before & wasn’t aware they were used for water as well as fuel. But never really thought what was used prior to the jerrican. Or are the tins of something else?

Nice also to see that jerrican with the white paint visible under the handles & on the indentation. I wonder what colour the jerrican was? I don’t know if there was a special colour to differentiate between fuel jerricans during the war. Post war British water jerricans were black with indentations picked out in white as from 1961 according to the Equipment Regulations. However the Regulations that were issued prior to this were in 1947 & 1955. Here it is stated that the paint was No.2 Camouflage Brown with detail picked out in white.

Now I have never seen a brown jerrican nor have I seen a restored vehicle in the 1947 up to 1961 period with a brown water jerrican. In fact owners get annoyed if you question why they have a black rather than a brown one. It has been suggested to me that this is an error or even a misprint. But these Regulations are consecutive with no publications or amendments in between.

So what views do people have about the colour of British & Canadian water jerricans during & just after the war?