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It's amazing what impact something that seems that simple on the surface can have on something as complex as a theater of war. From the article: > Such was the

It's amazing what impact something that seems that simple on the surface can have on something as complex as a theater of war. From the article: > Such was the importance of the cans in the war effort that the President Roosevelt administration noted "Without these cans it would have been impossible for our armies to cut their way across France at a lightning pace... Good engineering, even in the simplest things, can have a huge impact.

johnflan 5y ago
Especially when you consider > A battalion could use almost a hundred gallons (about 450 litres) of fuel per day in making tea. Via the Wikipedia pages on the Benghazi burner
MichaelMoser123 5y ago
Amazing that Roosevelt gave consideration to even such a tiny detail; but then it seems, that the jerrcan was developed upon specifications of hitler himself. (Couldn't find any more details than this) [1] https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/the-astonishing-story-of-the-jerrycan/ https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/the-astonishing-story-of-... [2] https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0#%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81... [3] https://aif.ru/society/history/pochemu_u_toplivnoy_kanistry_tri_ruchki https://aif.ru/society/history/pochemu_u_toplivnoy_kanistry_...