Hi,
I have seen many pictures of M416 trailers having dual jerry cans on the
rear. I have also seen some with one or two jerry cans on the front.
There is also evidence that the Army allowed the motorpool to add a Jerry
can holder on the side of a MUTT. It was up to the local SPO.
If anyone has any more information please add. I think it would be great to
have a couple of water cans on an M416 and 2 or 3 Gas cans on a MUTT for the
camping trip. Not to mention a tent, cots, generator, etc.... Could be
really fun.
Thanks,
Matt Mouser
----- Original Message -----
From: "jim gilmore" <jgilmore@ptd.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: [MV] .USMC Water Can
> Brain wrote:
> >....Seems the going idea is that these were PROBABLY for the Mity Mite...
> >or at least a 1960's vintage can. Seems it's one of those mystery cans.
>
> No mystery here..... These are circa 1960's USMC water cans. I have
> four of them and Terry at White Owl had a bunch for sale a few years ago.
> While these are the same era as the Mighty Mite they are not specifically
> for the Mite. The Mite did not carry water cans as standard equipment. It
> was the USMC M-416 B-1 trailers that carried two of these cans (one on
each
> side) just in front of the fenders. The earlier XM-585 series Mighty Mite
> trailers also carried them in the fender wells.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> >Ok, I've got a USMC gas can (marked ICC-5L CONCO 20 5 1/4 43 on
the
> >bottom)
> >>Last weekend I picked up a water can. Large cam lock opening with
> >>integral spout. On the edge of the cam it says "water". On the side is
> >>"U.S.M.C." On the bottom is "CONCO" No dates anywhere. It is made of
> >>Aluminum, not steel. It isn't lined.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know the approx date of manufacture of this can. I don't
> >>really care if it's United States Marine Corp or United States Metallic
> >>Can or whatever, just if this is 1940's, 1950's or 1960's-1980's.
>
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