Military Metal Fuel Cans Accessories

Limes offers a large selection of , quality metal and plastic jerry cans, water cans, steel & plastic drums, water pumps, fuel pumps, water tanks, fuel tanks, tool boxes and tool organizers, Fire-extinguishers, Fire extinguisher cylinders, metal jerry cans, metal water cans, metal fuel cans, metal water tanks, metal fuel tanks, plastic jerry cans, plastic water cans, plastic fuel cans, plastic water tanks, plastic fuel tanks

Home

Our main products


	► Civilian Cans
	► Military Cans
	► Can Accessories
	► Water Cans
	► Plastic Cans
	► Other Products

LIMES GLOBAL TRADING is a one of the leading Exporters of high quality civilian and military metal cans and their accessories. We offer oil, fuel and special explosive cans. Our metal cans hold UN number and TÜV/GS certification which acknowledges product quality and reliability. Many years of experience working in this field has enabled LIMES GLOBAL TRADING to adapt its approach to satisfy the customer by finding the ideal product which suits his needs and requests. Our aim is to supply products that meets your exact requirements and at very competitve prices . Our products have acquired awareness and gratitude of users in civil and military sector not only in Europe but also in Australia, North America, Asia and Africa.

LIMES offers a wide range of Industrial Products :

Off Road Accessories
Fuel Storage
Steel Civilian Cans
Military Fuel Cans
Plastic Cans
Tool Boxes
Tool Organizers

LIMES GLOBAL TRADING LTD.

Phone:	+49-172-7306735
FAX :	+49-180-50072025
e-mail :	sales@petrolcans.com
web :	www.petrolcans.com

Price List

More Products:

A military metal fuel can is a robust fuel container made from pressed steel. It was originally designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use and holds 20 litres
of fuel. The development of the military metal fuel cans were a huge improvement on earlier designs, which required tools and funnels to use.

The military metal fuel can was invented by the Germans during a secret project ordered by Hitler. The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. The Germans had thousands of military metal fuel cans stockpiled by 1939 in anticipation of war.

In 1939, an American engineer named Paul Pleiss had built a vehicle to journey to India with his German colleague. After building the car, they realized they didn't have any
storage for emergency water. The German engineer had access to the stockpile of military metal fuel cans at Tempelhof Airport and just managed to take three military metal fuel cans. They drove across 11 national borders without incident until Field Marshal Goering sent a plane to take the engineer home. The German engineer compounded his treason by giving Pleiss complete specifications for the manufacture of the military metal fuel can. Pleiss continued on to Calcutta, put his car in storage, and flew back to Philadelphia.

Pleiss told American military officials about the military metal fuel cans, but they ignored him. Without a sample, he realized he couldn't get anywhere. He eventually got the car shipped to New York by a roundabout method, and sent a military metal fuel can to Washington. The War Department decided instead to use the WWI ten-gallon military metal fuel can with two screw closures, which required both a wrench and funnel for pouring.

The one American military metal fuel can was sent to Camp Holabird, Maryland, where it was redesigned. It only retained the handles, size and shape. The weld was replaced with rolled seams, the lining was removed and it now required a wrench and a funnel. The original design proved far superior and these fuel containers were subsequently used in all theatres of war around the world.

At the beginning of the Second World War, the British Army were equipped with simple rectangular fuel containers: a 2 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.

While adequate for transportation by road in Europe, the flimsies proved to be extremely unsatisfactory during the Northof the fuel being lost as the containers were easily punctured. The resultant leakages also made the transportation vehicles liable to fuel fires.

When the British Army first saw the German military metal fuel cans during the invasion of Norway in 1940, the British immediately saw the advantages of the superior design. The military metal fuel cans had three handles on them which allowed easy handling by one or two people or to be moved bucket brigade-style. The handle design also allows for two empty military metal fuel cans to be carried in each hand.

The sides of the military metal fuel can were marked with cross-like indentations that strengthened the military metal fuel can while allowing the contents to expand, as did an air pocket under the handles when the military metal fuel can was filled correctly. Rather than a screw cap, the containers used a cam lever release mechanism with a short spout secured with a snap closure and an air-pipe to the air pocket which enabled smooth pouring (which was omitted in some copies). The interior of the military metal fuel can was also lined with an impervious plastic, first developed for steel beer barrels that would allow the cans to be used for either water or gasoline. The military metal fuel can was welded, and had a gasket for a leak-proof mouth. The British used cans captured from the "Jerries" (Germans) — hence "military metal fuel cans" — in preference to their own containers as much as possible. Later in 1940 Pleiss was in London, and British officers asked him about the design and manufacture of the military metal fuel can. Pleiss ordered the second of his three military metal fuel cans flown to London.