Drum lifting equipment Oil Drum Truck

Oil drum, that is filled with oil barrel, generally for sheet metal or plastic material qualitative make it drum shape, originally from Germany before world war ii invention, mainly used for handling important military supplies, gasoline, it can be said is a typical product of war.

Oil drum is German invention. Before the second world war, the German high command used to develop the blitzkrieg strategy, but at the same time there will be a problem. Because each attack force attack speed too fast, cause logistics supply does not follow to go up, in a fight thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks and need a lot of petrol. German high command used to foresee the problem, and the design of the container loading gasoline (now the container that oil drum). In 1939, Germany invaded Poland before they have tens of a drum. German genius design of the present military gas can still follow the germans in the years ago in the design. In the second world war ii initial success through Europe blitz, oil drum design is considered to be a major part, and is strictly confidential. Wehrmacht group was forced to surrender or captured, once was asked to destroy their oil drum, avoid to fall into the hand of the Allies. German worry is not groundless. As long as the Allies for oil drum, you can use them. In north Africa, the British SAS (Special Air Service) army Jeep assembly for oil drum, its quality and at that time the U.S. oil drum as bad. SAS forces task is to find and destroy parked in the German air force base plane, the action into the German defence, and no any supplies and support. In the long way around action, SAS troops had to rely on their oil drum to carry valuable gasoline, but its reliability is not high. Allied forces seized the germans oil drum, soon imitation out, and applied to the battlefield.