Combat rations of 20 of the worlds armies

August · 03-01-15, 07:17 PM

Pretty interesting stuff.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fo...-revealed.html

Harvs · 03-01-15, 07:58 PM

Till you eat them, rat packs in the 90s here in oz were disgusting, the steak and eggs in a can still make me shudder.

Stealhead · 03-01-15, 08:01 PM

He has eaten plenty of MREs I have no doubt. The only thing I liked about them when they where the meal each day for weeks was making Ranger kool-aid. Actually at least in the US by the late 90's the MRE got to halfway decent. My personal favorite was the spaghetti. And the pound cake is pretty good there was either traditional or chocolate in my day.

You can also have some explosive fun with the heater packs. Not while deployed of course.

Some of those for example the Russian and the Ukrainian one do not appear that they provide the 4 to 5 thousand calaries that a military member needs to perform their duties especially not a combatant.

fender2610 · 03-01-15, 08:13 PM

The only thing useful in an MRE, is the spoon. The rest is useless.

And I would bet money, it is the same with any other nation's soldiers.
Keep the spoon, sh*tcan the rest.

Stealhead · 03-01-15, 08:19 PM

What? Obviously you have never had to rely on them for food before or you're very very picky.

Harvs · 03-01-15, 08:21 PM

We also had a bar of chocolate not even the ants would eat, at the time we swore that it was Vietnam war leftovers.

fender2610 · 03-01-15, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

What? Obviously you have never had to rely on them for food before or you're very very picky.

If you are going through some high speed low drag school and that's all you have, you suck it up and choke it down.
In training or while on a real world mission, if you bring only MRE's, you are a NO GO.

Harvs · 03-01-15, 09:36 PM

Yes, our packs were loaded up with what we called jack rats, stuff we bought from the supermarket, the worst part was trying to go to the toilet, the scratch marks on our trees arnt from bears.

Rockstar · 03-01-15, 09:43 PM

When I go back country camping I like to take Mountain House freeze dried with me. All you need is hot water and a spoon and it all tastes pretty dang good too.

Aktungbby · 03-01-15, 10:12 PM

<I like the Israeli one the best...it must be kosher

Beats what we used to drag into the Quetico Wilderness on two week YMCA mosquito infested canoe trips. essentially the 'Duluth' food pack was a huge dehydrated MRE for twenty persons (screamin' kids) cooked over a campfire-rain permitting! And for twenty years, we kick it back to 1860: Spam in lieu of 'salt pork', cold coffee and homemade hardtack biscuits on three-day Civil War back country events...three times a day! Not bad softened- fried in bacon grease! otherwise...have good sound teeth!

August · 03-01-15, 10:35 PM

It's interesting that some countries use military subdued packaging whereas others do not and it doesn't seem based on the size of the military either.

Harvs · 03-02-15, 12:30 AM

Always seemed strange to me that they dressed us to look like bushes but gave us nice shiny cans that you hold at chest level while you eat.

Betonov · 03-02-15, 02:28 AM

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Slovenia: Coffee; coffee whitener;...

Sounds about right, without coffee a Slovene will desert before lunch

Wolferz · 03-02-15, 04:45 AM

The US MRE's were great!...
For making cannon balls.

That's all I'm going to say about that.

Von Tonner · 03-02-15, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Harvs

Always seemed strange to me that they dressed us to look like bushes but gave us nice shiny cans that you hold at chest level while you eat.

Brilliant

03-01-15, 07:17 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Combat rations of 20 of the worlds armies Pretty interesting stuff. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fo...-revealed.html __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

03-01-15, 07:58 PM	#2
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Till you eat them, rat packs in the 90s here in oz were disgusting, the steak and eggs in a can still make me shudder. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

03-01-15, 08:01 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	He has eaten plenty of MREs I have no doubt. The only thing I liked about them when they where the meal each day for weeks was making Ranger kool-aid. Actually at least in the US by the late 90's the MRE got to halfway decent. My personal favorite was the spaghetti. And the pound cake is pretty good there was either traditional or chocolate in my day. You can also have some explosive fun with the heater packs. Not while deployed of course. Some of those for example the Russian and the Ukrainian one do not appear that they provide the 4 to 5 thousand calaries that a military member needs to perform their duties especially not a combatant. Last edited by Stealhead; 03-01-15 at 08:17 PM.

03-01-15, 08:21 PM	#6
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	We also had a bar of chocolate not even the ants would eat, at the time we swore that it was Vietnam war leftovers. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

03-01-15, 09:36 PM	#8
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Yes, our packs were loaded up with what we called jack rats, stuff we bought from the supermarket, the worst part was trying to go to the toilet, the scratch marks on our trees arnt from bears. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

03-01-15, 08:13 PM	#4
fender2610 Gunner Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: L.A. , Ca Posts: 100 Downloads: 217 Uploads: 0	The only thing useful in an MRE, is the spoon. The rest is useless. And I would bet money, it is the same with any other nation's soldiers. Keep the spoon, sh*tcan the rest.

03-01-15, 08:19 PM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	What? Obviously you have never had to rely on them for food before or you're very very picky.

03-01-15, 09:43 PM	#9
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	When I go back country camping I like to take Mountain House freeze dried with me. All you need is hot water and a spoon and it all tastes pretty dang good too.

03-01-15, 10:12 PM	#10
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,009 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	<I like the Israeli one the best...it must be kosher Beats what we used to drag into the Quetico Wilderness on two week YMCA mosquito infested canoe trips. essentially the 'Duluth' food pack was a huge dehydrated MRE for twenty persons (screamin' kids) cooked over a campfire-rain permitting! And for twenty years, we kick it back to 1860: Spam in lieu of 'salt pork', cold coffee and homemade hardtack biscuits on three-day Civil War back country events...three times a day! Not bad softened- fried in bacon grease! otherwise...have good sound teeth! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

03-01-15, 10:35 PM	#11
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's interesting that some countries use military subdued packaging whereas others do not and it doesn't seem based on the size of the military either. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

03-02-15, 12:30 AM	#12
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Always seemed strange to me that they dressed us to look like bushes but gave us nice shiny cans that you hold at chest level while you eat. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

03-02-15, 04:45 AM	#14
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	The US MRE's were great!... For making cannon balls. That's all I'm going to say about that. __________________ Tomorrow never comes