jerry cans

[Kenneth Cole]

Hi
There are a ton of new jerry cans out there, I need to know which ones will fit the standard military holder. I'm afraid to buy a used vintage one off Ebay because of rust . I got one that the only way it would fit was to pound in the bottom corners so it would fit down to the bottom.
Thanks
Ken

 

[DREDnot]

You need to be careful of what you consider the "standard military holder"

There are a few different styles of fuel cans and water cans.
Old seam welded US style
NATO german style cans
US plastic water cans
Scepter Plastic fuel cans
Etc.

They are close, but don't always fit all holders

The new thin red Chinese ones you see at off road shops were based on the old style WW2 American can that has rusty leaky seam welded bottoms.

The better "NATO" german style cans dont fit the old US style holders well.

Then there are different military issued holders for different vehicles. Bottom holes, bottom holes with embossed stand offs, side holes, side holes with embossed standoffs...

 

[Kenneth Cole]

DREDnot
Thanks for all the info. It sure doesn't make it easy. I guess I'll wait until I can actually check out various cans in my holders.
Thanks again
Ken