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British made cans

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Re: British made cans

Postby tipdog » Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:11 pm

FOUND IT!

http://ww2jerrycans.com/

Somehwere out there in cyberland is a website that shows examples of the various British can manufacturers, including flimsies. Anybody have an idea?
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Re: British made cans

Postby Radek-Austin » Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:48 am

here are british makers tags
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Re: British made cans

Postby Radek-Austin » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:08 pm

Here are my two british made waters cans and one canadian.
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Re: British made cans

Postby Radek-Austin » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:09 pm

ups only 3 pictures per post :D
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Re: British made cans

Postby Johan WILLAERT » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:48 am

Today I was given a 1943 BMB made British Jerry Can.
It is rusted and in need of a new paint job.

What would have been the original color?

Sand yellow or rather green?

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Re: British made cans

Postby lightningdivision » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:30 am

Hi Johan,

I got a couple of '43 dated British jerrycans.All of them are sand yellow.One has the green color underneath.
So I would go with sand yellow.

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Re: British made cans

Postby Johan WILLAERT » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:09 pm

Thanks Stijn!
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Re: British made cans

Postby JeeperFIN » Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:43 am

Johan WILLAERT wrote:Today I was given a 1943 BMB made British Jerry Can.
It is rusted and in need of a new paint job.

What would have been the original color?

Sand yellow or rather green?

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My -43 British cans, Sand yellow are W&W and BMB and dark green is BMB

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Re: British made cans

Postby Johan WILLAERT » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:58 am

Thank you!
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Re: British made cans

Postby Feuergefärlich » Fri May 18, 2012 12:53 pm

please update the list...

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Postby Akiss » Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:48 am

lucakiki wrote:So do I

Me too :)
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Re: British made cans

Postby Akiss » Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:01 am

I found this Jerry can in Corfu at a friends place, now it belongs to me :). It has the W^D inthe middle and not higher like all the others I have seen. Any info about it will be appreciated... :)
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Re: British made cans

Postby gerrykan » Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:32 am

Akiss,
Page three of the following topic has some information regarding the V80 marking:
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Re: British made cans

Postby Akiss » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:01 am

gerrykan wrote:Akiss,
Page three of the following topic has some information regarding the V80 marking:
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=193055&start=30

Thanx GerryKan So I take it is a WWII Jerrycan with V80 octane gas inside. right?
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Re: British made cans

Postby gerrykan » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:12 pm

Akiss,
The only picture of this type W^D can that Philippe Leger shows in his book is dated 1943.

Look for a date in the area of the red circle.
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