...and separate the wheat from the shuff.
The resident WWII fuel expert wrote:The above mentioned report, "FUELS FOR GLOBAL CONFLICT" by Erna Risch is a post WWII report on WWII Quartermaster Corps supply of fuel during the war.
Usually reports are written
after something has happened,so it is not surprising that while the first edition was dated
1945, the second edition which I actually read, rather than just talk about it, is dated
1952.
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1945
He then wrote:There is no reference to the details such as stenciling and tagging of the fuel containers.
This statement is not true, and if you
actually had read the report you would have not made it.
Page 95,
Marking system for containers:do you think it is about Fairy Tales, or just by the title would you guess what might be found there by any average reader?
As for that jerrycan you showed, is by chance that 2/67 stenciled on it a date
How would a postwar stencil demonstrate anything about gasoline being called MOGAS or COMBAT GAS in WWII?
same guy wrote:The Darcy Miller 80 Octane Tag is a good compliment to the OVE of the WWII MB.
While no one could object that that tag is an excellent reproduction, an even occasional and exceptional presence of a tagged blitz can on a WWII jeep has not so far been confirmed by any WWII picture.
Al Brass had pointed out how strictly speaking a tagged can ,whether the tag is an original or a repro,is not correct on a jeep, and I cannot see how what he said could be denied:have you
any evidence that might prove him wrong?
Finally he wrote: U.S. ARMY had publications available for the use of Transportation Personnel, Motor Officers, Supply Officers, Motor Sergeants, etc. TM9-2800 Standard MILITARY MOTOR VEHICLES, 1 September 43 , (later editions printed in 1948 and 1953 were titled Military Vehicles).
These manuals listed the Fuel Capacity, Average Fuel Consumption in MPG, Range, and Octane Requirement of all vehicles in the Army inventory. enabling the Commanders to estimate the quantity of fuel needed for Convoys and Combat Operations.
Is it there that you found that
you -know-what about higher octane than required having the purpose of enabling a vehicle to go like hell?