FS Squarish British gas can

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Dave

Yes you are correct about the origin of the can in the picture it came with hydraulic oil for a big ram.

My point which your picture bears out is a true flimsy is really flimsy made from tin no thicker than what is used in tin cans. The little two gallon cans (left) are made out of much heavier steel. At least the two that came in the kit of my HUP are.

I was trying to illustrate as your photo does better the range of containers. Are the containers in the photos ones you have? Because I would be curious if the two middle ones are same capacity (just different shapes) and are they made from the really light gauge steel.

I also suspect that the flimsy as used by the military may have gotten heavier as the leakage problem became more evident. I have seen one of these dropped from the tail gate of a normal pickup slit open.

Cheers Phil