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14-02-12, 02:26
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Too incredible to be true?
Hi, I have just come across this petrol can on Ebay, Could this be from this very carrier?.
Caption on bren picture is : Australian light horse troops in Northern Africa, on January 7, 1941
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14-02-12, 02:54
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Is the first digit on the can a 7 or a T?
If it were a T, I would say you have a match.
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14-02-12, 06:06
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Seven it is
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I had a look with the magnifying glass and I am pretty sure it is a "7". But the you may get a better look having the actual tin. Cheers Tony 
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14-02-12, 11:46
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Hi all - firstly, as far as I am aware, there is no provision on a Carrier for this type of can. The Carriers that carried the Vickers MMG had a condensor can but that was a different style. The Carrier depicted carries a Bren Gun and therefore has no need for a condensor can.
Bob
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14-02-12, 15:27
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In the second picture taken from above, it looks a lot more like a T.
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14-02-12, 21:51
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does look like a T... however where is the can now ? seems unlikely that a flimsy can would make it back from Aussie service in North Africa to say the UK after all this time.
EDIT: also i had not realised that they would even number the tin for a carrier.... i always thought that they would have a pile of fuel cans which you would grab at a fuel cache leaving your empties as you went ?
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