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The jerrycan is a robust liquid container originally made from pressed steel. It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 US gal) of fuel. Three handles allow for two people carrying a full can or one person handling an empty can. The basic design is still in use today although construction is ...
A jerrycan or jerrican (also styled jerry can or jerri can) [1] is a fuel container made from pressed steel (and more recently, high density polyethylene). It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 US gal) of fuel, and saw widespread use by both Germany and the Allies during the Second World War .
This design is still in production across both NATO and Warpac(sic) countries. When the US saw them, they ignored them, then they re-invented them as a poor design. The US design is not a "jerrycan" as is the scope of interest here. The US did not adopt the jerrycan, the German-designed NATO-standard jerrycan, as standard until the 1970s.
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A handle can be defined as “an accessory attached to a container or part for the purpose of holding or carrying.” [5] Sometimes a handle can be used to hang a package for dispensing or use. Handles can be built into a package, sometimes in the form of hand holes or hand holds. They can also be attached to a finished complete package after ...
YouTube Kids has faced criticism from advocacy groups, particularly the Fairplay Organization, for concerns surrounding the app's use of commercial advertising, as well as algorithmic suggestions of videos that may be inappropriate for the app's target audience, as the app has been associated with a controversy surrounding disturbing or violent ...
Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could—because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don’t realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float ...
During another chase, Tom and Jerry go into an arcade center after closing hours and the video game arcade monsters come to life and goes after Tom and Jerry in the arcade. Note: Most sound effects were from Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 and also from Pac-Man for the Atari 2600.