[USMA:14192] Re: Rules of Thumb 4

[Joseph B. Reid]

Pat Naughtin reported in USMA 14181:

>Drums - 20 L: Twenty litre motor oil drums were designed so that 10 of these
>smaller drums could be filled from a standard 200 L drum.


The German army in WW II used a 20 L gasoline can.  It was copied by the
Allied forces, who called it the "jerrycan".

Joseph B. Reid
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