Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 05:42:55 +0000, phil hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 03 Dec 2003 04:33:19 GMT, Jeffrey C. Dege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Do you know how long it takes to fuel up a tank using jerry cans?
>
>No, but I do know that the British Army uses them, therefore it must 
>be a sensible thing to do. (For certain values of sensible).

Modern tanks have a 500 gallon fuel tanks, and can burn 900 gallons a day.

That's 180 5-gallon jerry cans, per tank, per day.

The British Army may use jerry cans, but they don't use them for refueling
vehicles.

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