Dave Fleming Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I notice looking at pictures that Jerry cans are available in several colours - black, green etc - do these indicate the contents ? Is so, what is what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Hi Dave I don't think the colour of the Jerry Can denotes its contents but fuel and water cans will normal have different embossed patterns on their sides: water cans are embossed with an X and "WATER" whilst fuel cans display a different design. Examples from Accurate Armour's Website below: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave Fleming said: I notice looking at pictures that Jerry cans are available in several colours - black, green etc - do these indicate the contents ? Is so, what is what? Are you asking about modern or historic colours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.e.charles Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I've wondered when gas cans became "red" & diesel "yellow". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hi,fuel cans are green,they would have a yellow tag for diesel and a red one for petrol.this tag would be at the spout of the can. water containers are usually plastic and are black. HTH. Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 4/1/2020 at 1:16 AM, dcrfan said: Are you asking about modern or historic colours? Well I posted in modern...... 🙂 In this case, first Gulf War. the vehicle I am looking at is festooned with different coloured Jerry cans, so was wondering if some were fuel and some water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Dave Fleming said: Well I posted in modern...... 🙂 In this case, first Gulf War. the vehicle I am looking at is festooned with different coloured Jerry cans, so was wondering if some were fuel and some water Can you put a photo up and then we can have a guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 19 hours ago, Dave Fleming said: Well I posted in modern...... 🙂 In this case, first Gulf War. the vehicle I am looking at is festooned with different coloured Jerry cans, so was wondering if some were fuel and some water 😳 So you did. As posted above fuel type designated with different colour tags on green/black/ and tan (US) painted/colour cans. Water is marked in variety of ways (like plastic can embossed WATER) but still in standard colour cans. Non green/black/tan colour cans are not standard practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Water cans are black plastic, but can be painted dependent on theatre, but paint can degrade the plastic. Never seen the embossed water ones, probably older issue. I have one green water container in the stores, slightly larger than the regular ones, suspect it is foreign issue "borrowed" in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 4/2/2020 at 5:03 PM, ivan-o said: Can you put a photo up and then we can have a guess? one of the rare borrowed Fuchs Hummels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Hi Dave, The front one is definitely a water can,IMHO on the side it looks like a mix of water and fuel! From left to right I would say fuel,water x2, US fuel can and then water. There was a lot of mixing and matching between our lot and the cousins so really take your pick 😀 Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Black plastic cans were always water, green metal cans were POL (Petrol, oil and lubricants) as Ivan mentioned they were tagged on the handles, yellow was derv, red for petrol, and I think Kero was blue. Refuelling at night from cans could be fun, you had carry out the sniff test on each can which involved dipping fingers in and sniffing (Benz or Kero) these tags often fell off as they were a soft steel just bent around one side of the handle. The colour of the cans varied from bronze satin green, dark green and olive green, during Op Granby they were also painted sand including the water cans, after a while they chipped badly. shows the tags on cans:- https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/rlc-reserve-units/383-commando-petroleum-troop/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 As an aside to my comments fuel and water were rarely stored side by side,so Dans comment about painted cans makes sense. Your choice Dave 😀 Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 @ivan-o @Dads203@John_W @dcrfan @Richard E Thanks guys, now have the fun of scratchbuilding the racks in 1/72..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 The can handle label tags are something no-one seems to do as after-market parts, etched or decals, in any scale. Which is perhaps surprising. There are diamond hazard labels, e.g Echelon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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