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[cliff]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Did a LOT of walking around the hundreds of stalls last Friday - absolutely amazing amount of useful stuff there although not a lot of it useful to me.

However, I did find (and bought) this Jerrycan dated 1940. Are there any experts on this subject on MLU?

Keith I think you will find it is an original German Army can which was copied by the British and Americans and nick named 'Jerry' Can as the Germans were the original owners. These copies then replaced the British flimsies.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by cliff

Keith I think you will find it is an original German Army can which was copied by the British and Americans and nick named 'Jerry' Can as the Germans were the original owners. These copies then replaced the British flimsies.

Yes, apparently there are repros around of the German ones - Have heard the 1940 ones are less common than the 43 dated ones.
No wonder the Brits and Americans (and us) copied them, they were an excellent design.
But the flimsy (as explained at some length elsewhere on the MLU forum) was not the same as the two gallon POL can you'd find on a CMP.

[zemsi]

... very nice find. How does a German jerrycan find its way to Aussie?

Here's a good site with a short overview.

And there's even a book about the German Jerrycans, in English/French

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by zemsi

... very nice find. How does a German jerrycan find its way to Aussie?

Here's a good site with a short overview.

Thanks for the link Chris

If only it could talk... but a possible theory is when our troops came back to Australia with their C60L cab 12s you'd think they would have filled them with all sorts of booty...

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Yes, apparently there are repros around of the German ones - Have heard the 1940 ones are less common than the 43 dated ones.
No wonder the Brits and Americans (and us) copied them, they were an excellent design.
But the flimsy (as explained at some length elsewhere on the MLU forum) was not the same as the two gallon POL can you'd find on a CMP.

yes I realise that the POL cans on CMP trucks was different to the flimsy. But still believe that the 'Jerry' can replaced the flimsy and it was then found to be a conveniance to do away with the POL can as well. After all 20L (4 gallons) got you further then 2 gallons didn't it? LOL

[lynx42]

Euan,
I don't know if you need those 10.50x18 tyres,
BUT I DO.
I need them for the Ford Marmon-Herrington Scout Dingo Car. Please, Please put my name on them if you don't have a use.
Rick

[Lynn Eades]

They will be heavy, I see they are runflats.