Question about 5 gallon jugs on modern armor

Modeling Subjects Armor
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Hi all,

I’m currently working on Academy’s USMC M1a1. Their are some 5 gallon jugs provided for storage. I know the one jug is a water can. What’s the other (on the right)? Are the handles correct for this jug?

Thanks,

Jesse

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i would have to say fuel cans.

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They do look similar to the two sorts of ‘Jerrycans’ we use in the British Army. The one on the left looks similar to what we use for water, which are black and made of plastic. The filler cap is different but ours has the single handle. For any type of fuel we use a green metal container. It has a similar pattern to the one on the right but again has a different filler cap and has 3 handle not the two in yours. It almost exactly the same as the original German cans from WW2. Not sure if any of this applies to US kit, but they do look very similar to what we use.

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i don’t know of any us tanker carrying fuel like this. we never did in the 70’s and 80’s. at 3 gallons to the mile, you don’t get much. we DID carry oil and transmission fluid in 5 gallon cans on our tanks. IIRC the transmission for an M60 series tank held 19 gallons and the engine about the same.

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Likewise we never carried them on our Warriors, as you say, its just not worth it. They could have just been added as dio accessories. We use them for different types of fuel, petrol, diesel, kero and so on. Not sure if you guys do the same.

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The three handled one is a fuel can, the single handle one is a water jug.

Fuel Can:

The fuel cans usually carry fuel for the APU (generator), not the tank.

Water Jug:

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Are you saying that the handle of the jug on the right is wrong? There should be three handles, not two?

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US plastic fuel cans have 3 handles, US plastic water cans have only one.

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Yes, if its the one I referenced above. I can’t see your pic on my Govt. computer.

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Thanks guys. I figured it was wrong, just wanted to check.

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well I see that they finally (after who knows how many eons) marked the cans with an embossed water emblem! When I was in the Army we had two different kinds of water, and one was not drinkable. So everything had to be marked very carefully lest you get a good case of heppatitis.

gary