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Don’t bin that plastic bottle, bottle it
Don’t bin that plastic bottle, bottle it
multiple pallets of jerry cans being stacked outside by forklift
12 January 2023
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The History Of Jerry Cans - Their Crucial Role in World War II

The Jerry Can was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres of fuel and subsequently copied by the allies during World War II. In 1937 Germans developed what was known as a Wehrmacht-Einheitskanister which meant “Armed Forces Unit Canister” and its purpose was keeping the tanks fuelled and ready at a moment’s notice.