2007-02-04 23:06:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
a small can for storing fuel.
2007-02-04 23:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by Gruntled Employee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like a gasoline container.
From Wikipedia...
A jerrycan or jerrican or jerry can is a robust fuel container made from pressed steel.
The jerrycan was invented by the Germans during a secret project ordered by Hitler. The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. The Germans had thousands of jerrycans stockpiled by 1939 in anticipation of war.
Today similar designs are used for fuel and water containers, some of which are also produced in plastic. The designs usually emulate the original steel design and are still known as jerrycans, although they have also been called "jerryjugs" (or "jerry jugs", just as jerrycan is sometimes spelt as two words as well).
2007-02-05 07:09:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English used cheap thin metal cans for petrol whereas the Germans used a strong rigid can. The English soldiers always made use of the German cans whenever they could ...they called then Jerry cans...or Jerrycans.
2007-02-05 07:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The jerrycan was invented by the Germans during a secret project ordered by Hitler. The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. The Germans had thousands of jerrycans stockpiled by 1939 in anticipation of war.
2007-02-05 07:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Rich 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
petrol can for gasoline......the germans used these superior petrol cans that didnt split / leak so the allies copied them and they were called jerry cans..........they were sometimes booby trapped in the desert by putting mines underneath them etc.........you could say the supply of these jerry cans was one of the deciding factors in most of the tank battles over any long range ...thats why one of field marshalls montgomeries first instuctions for the tank commanders was shoot at the supply trucks first ...
2007-02-05 07:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A carryable can for holding fuel or water
2007-02-05 07:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by Byte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a 5 gallon gas can
2007-02-05 07:27:00 · answer #7 · answered by eugene j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as it is now a fuel container
2007-02-05 07:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jerry can= gas can
2007-02-05 10:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by giant_68102 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as it is now, to put petrol / diesel in.
2007-02-05 07:08:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋