Mk 2 Carrier water can

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

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Thank you Ron.

It gives a clear indication of the production capacity and flexibility of Canadian industrial production during the war . A definitive strategic advantage over the opposition .

I do see some national pride in your comment, Robert. With our neighbours capacity to produce items like B-24’s every two hours, almost 50k M4’s, how many Liberty ships... our POW can production adds to the Canadian wartime forge.

A single wee virus having the capacity to bring the global economy to its knees.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Michael R.

I do see some national pride in your comment, Robert. With our neighbours capacity to produce items like B-24’s every two hours, almost 50k M4’s, how many Liberty ships... our POW can production adds to the Canadian wartime forge.

A single wee virus having the capacity to bring the global economy to its knees.

Well, ya....but...at least our cans came in two tactical colours. Despite their manufacturing power the yanks could only manage aluminum coloured B-24s and monochrome O.D. M4s.

There's utube videos of wartime B-24 and B-29 manufacturing, and also one for Lee tanks in Detroit I've found. Simply amazing to watch. I'm going to search for our POL assembly plant film, surely it's out there somewhere and will be fascinating.

[Colin Alford]

Gents,

There is an eBay.uk auction ending shortly. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224111402165

The listing includes the attached images.

A couple of years ago there were two of this style of can sold on eBay out of the Northern United States. The US seller claimed that the cans were issued with T16 Carriers. The painted part number was clearer on the cans from the US and I seem to recall that there was a letter prefix to the number (not readily visible in these images)

These cans do not conform to the standard colour scheme for Commonwealth water cans, and they have an added “Made in Canada” embossed on the base of the can which does not appear on most of the G.S.W. production.

Can someone with access to a T16 parts list determine if the painted part number/ designation is correct for the T16?

Colin

[Michael R.]

B-241295
T16 issue, quantity “2”

Page 110 of SNL G-166


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[Colin Alford]

Michael R,

Thanks for the confirmation!

An interesting variation for the T16 owner/ water can collector.

Colin

[Michael R.]

trivia...
containers marked in the T16 contract method dated 1944 are found with incomplete capacity narrative, i.e. no numeral ‘2’, the ‘Imperial’ dropped, an additional part number added.

Here is a 1943 dated base marked “Made in Canada”, with a 1944 top showing a variation of the stencil from 1943, sans capacité.


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[Lang]

Michael

That can seems to have been repainted.

Do you think it is a replacement stencil error rather than a change in factory markings?

Lang