U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

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Re: U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

Post by gerrykan » Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:47 pm

From memory(which is sometimes flawed), USMC water cans using the very light stamping(like shown above) under the handles on top.
1961, 1962, 1966, 1968.
This light stamping is hard to see with the single coat of paint applied at the factory, so any later repaint of a can could cover this information.

If the vehicles went directly from the manufacturer to your Country, I would not think they would be equipped with the cans.

Were the vehicles Military Aid from the USA?
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Re: U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

Post by Luis » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:26 pm

Roy

Thanks for your quick reply! :wink:

This is one of the hundred M38A1 received in 1962.

All arrived in a cargo ship, assembled at the factory.

They were not in crates.

All provided by the military assistance program.

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As you say, the jerrycan were not provided by the factory?

Perhaps, the Argentine army, installed on these jeeps, jerrycan that were in use at that time and not new.

But if the jeeps, not carrying jerrycan is not necessary to find one the same year of manufacture of the vehicle.

What do you think about it?
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Re: U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

Post by gerrykan » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:26 pm

Mariano,
I am sorry for the delay answering your question.

I do not have any knowledge on the Military Assistance Program.

If the vehicles were processed by the US Army before shipment to Argentina, they may have been equipped with accessories(such as jerrycan, radio, shovel, etc). I do not know if this actually happened.

The jerrycans may have arrived in large shipments from the USA, and then placed on the vehicles by the Argentine Army.
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Re: U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

Post by motto » Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:31 pm

I was given an American type can recently that is the first one I've seen in this country (Australia) that is not WW2 vintage. It is dated 74 on the bottom and identified as being USMC where the makers ident is normally found which had me tricked until I read this thread. It apparently stands for US Metal Can.
This can is possibly of lighter construction than the WW2 cans as the bottom was bulged as though the can had been subjected to excessive pressure and the sides appear slightly bulged as well.
Looking at a photo on this forum showing the bottom of a post war can it also appears to be bulged out some. Is this a common problem?

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Re: U.S. Gas Jerry Can Makers: Korea-Vietnam ('49-'75)

Post by Hell On Wheels » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:23 am

I know this is a old post but what does a 66-69 jerry can go for and does anybody have one for sale?
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