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Was a good watch, Jerry cans were called that because that was the slang name for Germans in WW1 and they invented the Jerry can

The American copied Jerry can is a absolute balls up disaster and no one out side of America can work out how the U.S. got it so wrong 

Especially when the U.S. got so many other things so right during WW2 

For the U.S. people on here, the filler pooring cap hole is the main issue, it's to big, doesn't fit anything properly except the silly U.S. funnel and can't be used with any other jerry can

The rest of the world uses a copy of the German Jerry can so everything can be interchangeable and you can grab fuel were you find it 

The U.S. jerry can was so bad of a design that something like 20% of all fuel carted in WW2 in jerry cans spilt 

Pretty sure the U.S. persisted with their ballsed up design well after the Vietnam war 

Good youtube clip, really enjoyed it

 

Paul

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