[aaron695]

Funny how I've never seen one like that in the real world, yet I've seen many fuel cans, at home and in the work place.

I guess in the military

What does Google show from Ukraine -

https://www.alamy.com/bugas-village-ukraine-03rd-mar-2022-se...

Looking pretty different here with the USA military too - https://mwi.usma.edu/army-physical-fitness-problem-part-2-to...

I guess HN doesn't have eyes? Does anyone live in the real world?

Even if you have a recent metal jerrycan kinda like those from 80 years ago, cause they are cool, it will be very different if you actually look closely.

No design goes back 80 years. We are not some backwards society that can't move forward.

[chrisseaton]

You're mistaken - we still use basically the original jerry can design in the Army today.

The first photo I'm not sure exactly what they are - but I'm guessing they're 'norgies' - food containers.

The second photo shows water containers, not fuel cans. They literally say 'water' on the side.

[aaron695]

> we still use basically the original jerry can design in the Army today.

But no one has a photo? How mysterious, I'm still running with Dead Internet Theory.

Jerrycans used to hold water, they had it stamped on the side.

This is a bad idea. Color coding or a more explicit design is much safer.

Here's another photo from 2020 for fuel - https://twitter.com/sceptercan/status/1275507062898860033

[hef19898]

The US Army ones are single yandle, plastic versions. Same dimensions so from what I see on the picture, 30 litres. So yes, still, mostly, the same design. Obviously those plastic ones are cheaper then proper steel / metal ones.

Ukraine, well, for sure they use different stuff. The western allies used jerry cans after North Africa, which continued with NATO. Ukraine is, for rather obvious reasons, using Warsaw pact spec gear.

[hef19898]

EDIT: 20 liters, of course.

[samatman]

It's not HN without some confidently wrong statement.

There's a NATO standard for jerry cans and they remain ubiquitous. https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=2...

[adrian_b]

That link shows that the traditional metal cans have been replaced in 1994 with plastic cans.

[chrisseaton]

The plastic containers are available, but in my experience 90% of fuel containers are the traditional jerry cans.

[adrian_b]

I am sure that many of the existing metal jerry cans might still be in use 50 years in the future from now.

However the cancellation notice for the military standard that was posted above mandated that all military procurement after June 1994 must be done only with plastic cans.

I have been using a couple of traditional jerry cans for several decades, but I have seen the new military plastic cans only in photos. They must be obviously much lighter, but I have no idea if besides this advantage they have disadvantages when compared with the metal cans that they have replaced.

[Ancapistani]

I have a handful of Wehrmacht cans, and they’re all I use. New ones are very expensive, so I get them at flea markets and antique stores every time I see them. I probably have $75 each in them total.

VERY much worth it if you use fuel cans often.