Fig 1. And this is not even that uncommon!Jerrycan fun facts:
Did you know that the jerrycan was reverse engineered during World War II from the Germans. The name reveals its German origins: "jerry" was a disparaging wartime name for Germany and Germans.The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. Ha!
The jerrycans color often indicates its content. NATO's color coding: red for gasoline (leaded), green for gasoline (unleaded), yellow for diesel, blue for kerosine, and tan or light blue for water.Question:
So where are the above (diesel?) jerrycans coming from? If they were NGO-provided they are probably more likely to be light blue colored no? Also in villages I have seen a few blue ones, but the vast majority were yellow.
Most that I have seen are either old diesel cans or old cooking oil cans (palm oil often comes in these yellow jugs with red caps). They can be reused for fuel or any other substance, but most that you see around houses/villages have been washed out and are used to carry/store drinking water. I do not know about these trucks full of empties, though.
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