Military adopted the five gallon metal gas can early in world war ii.
Plastic jerry can fuel.
It has evolved from its german origins as a steel.
A jerrycan also written as jerry can or jerrican is a robust liquid container made from pressed steel it was designed in germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres 4 4 imp gal.
The development of the jerrycan was a significant improvement on earlier designs which required tools and funnels to use and it contained many innovative features for convenience.
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Plastic cans are available in common sizes from 1 to 5 gallons in capacity.
3 oct 1935 italian armed forces from eritrea invaded ethiopia abyssinia resulting in a state of war between the two countries.
5 3 us gal of fuel.
The plastic jerry cans quickly became the new standard and have replaced the steel cans for most purposes in the u s.
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Today in ww ii.
Jerry style cans and safety gas cans are commonly made of steel and may have anticorrosive and antistatic features.
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