Real Measurements of 'Flimsies'

[Black Knight]

First off I hope I've called these by the proper common name; 'flimsies' - the two gallon tin cans the British forces used before 'jerry cans' became popular.

Can anyone give me the actual real measurements of these please?

I work in various scales so the real measurements are best for me so I can scale them to the kit I'd be building.

[AngloSaxon]

The 2 gallon POL cans measure 11" high x 10" long x 6" wide and just in case you need it, the 4 gallon measure 15" high x 9" x 9".

It's disputed that the 2 gallon are 'flimsies', source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrican:

At the beginning of the Second World War, the British Army were equipped with simple rectangular fuel containers: a 2 Imperial gallon (9 litres) container made of pressed steel and a 4 gallon (18 litres) container made from tin plate. While the 9 litre - 2 gallon containers were relatively strong, they were expensive to produce. The 18 litre - 4 gallon containers, which were mainly manufactured in the third world, were cheap and plentiful but they were not very robust. Consequently they were colloquially known as flimsies.

Mike D.

[Black Knight]

Thanks ever so