New NATO fuel cans in Atlanta area

[Antichrist]

I was in Hodge Army/Navy in Marietta last Thursday and noticed they have new NATO fuel cans with the locking pin for $59.
Not cheap, but if you're in the area and want some, it's a source.

[/dev/m416]

I'm sorry, you call yourself the antichrist and want me to travel to Atlanta?! Momma didn't raise no fool... :-)

[maxingout]

Can you legally fill the nato fuel cans at the gas pump?

Are they legal for gas?

Are they legal for diesel?

[86tuning]

You can legally fill them. However, the gubbmint made it illegal to sell them.

They're legal in the whole world except for canada and usa

I have several, and use them all the time. Gas attendants don't care. Cops won't care either. Unless they catch you using it to burn something down....

red or green = gas
yellow for diesel and kerosene
blue for water

[jeepdreamer]

Holy crap... Hodge's is still around! Wow! Hadn't been there in maybe a decade!

[maxingout]

The rest of the world is really living on the edge using those dangerous Nato fuel cans.

[jeepdreamer]

The rest of the world is really living on the edge using those dangerous Nato fuel cans.

And yet I can't walk 5 feet in any direction of a motor pool without seeing one. Seen 'em take blast hits from IEDs (not shrapnel, concussion only) and survive. Also seen them mushroom cloud from a direct hit but what do you expect? All in all I don't see the issue with these... sure is a lot easier than carrying the fuel in my bare hands!

[Eventhough]

Was there a stamp on the side of the can? There are several NATO-style cans popping up in stores here and there and I'm curious which ones these are. Thanks.

[86tuning]

The rest of the world is really living on the edge using those dangerous Nato fuel cans.

And yet I can't walk 5 feet in any direction of a motor pool without seeing one. Seen 'em take blast hits from IEDs (not shrapnel, concussion only) and survive. Also seen them mushroom cloud from a direct hit but what do you expect? All in all I don't see the issue with these... sure is a lot easier than carrying the fuel in my bare hands!

lol I believe maxingout was joking? I do like the bare hands comment though, got a good chuckle when I saw that.

Only downside on this side of the pond is that they're not legal for our retailers to sell due to EPA and child-safety regs. Our fuel canisters must be childproof to prevent small children from hurting themselves. This is a good idea with white-gas stove canisters due to the proliferation of aluminum water bottles. But sux for getting our hands on NATO gas cans. Lucky I got mine before the ban. They're still available from a few sources, but are definately hard to get.

However, they're extra cool because they're unobtainium.

[jeepdreamer]

Yeah... I wasn't intending to sound harsh.. I was just poking fun in my own lil way.
On a side note/thread steal... How do you tell which O rings/gaskets work with which fuel types? I stumbled across about 10 or 12 in a package being thrown away here and wonder what they are for.?.