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01-05-13, 02:23
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Is this a flimsy? Ebay?
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1942 C8A- HUW " Wireless Nipper" 1943 F-60S LAAT and 1939 Bofors 1942 C8 Wireless 1943 FAT/ 17 pounder 1941 C15 GS 2B1 Last edited by Rob Fast; 01-05-13 at 02:30. 
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01-05-13, 03:34
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Rare indeed !!!!!
May actually predate flimsies.
From what I have read they did not have a screw cap but the cap had to be punched....... therefore single use. And so flimie that they were usually shipped contained in very light wood veneer crate for protection. This one is certainly worthy of being in a museum. Bob C.
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada
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01-05-13, 04:15
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Could it be a water container? Looks galvanised
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01-05-13, 09:05
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I think these were an improved flimsy. Intended to be reuseable, they are fairly robust.I found two in my skip, both wartime dated, one in original sand colour. They are not that hard to find in the UK.
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01-05-13, 11:48
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Interesting !
That screw cap looks very similar to the fuel caps on the Scout Carrier Ben's now restoring.
Right era too Cheers Phill
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01-05-13, 14:12
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If they were an improved flimsy, and this one is dated 1939, what were they an improvement on? The problems with the British can in the desert would not have been evident before 1939 for this type to have been already been improved on. I always thought the improvement on the flimsy was copying the jerry can.
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