Rations Update ~ German and Angolan
The German Bundeswehr has recently moved away from cardboard cartons to tough polythene pouches to contain its 24-hour Einmannpackung rations, writes Bob... Read More
Field Rations 28 ~ US MRE Part 8 ~ XXXVII Batch
To conclude this run of MRE articles, for the moment at least, I am moving forward to the XXXVII batch of US... Read More
Field Rations 27 ~ US MRE Part 7 ~ XXXIV Batch
In this latest instalment we are jumping forward roughly six years to look at an MRE from the XXXIV batch issued during... Read More
Field Rations 26 ~ US MRE Part 6 ~ XXVIII Batch
In this sixth part of the US Army Meal Ready to Eat, or MRE, series we follow on from the FP-LRP with... Read More
Field Rations 25 ~ US MRE Part 5 ~ FP-LRP
In this fifth part of the US Army Meal Ready to Eat, or MRE, series we take look at the Food Packet... Read More
Field Rations 23 ~ US MRE Part 4 ~ HDR
In this fourth part of the US Army Meal Ready to Eat, or MRE, series we very briefly look at the the... Read More
Field Rations 22 ~ US MRE Part 3 ~ MCW
In this third part of the US Army Meal Ready to Eat, or MRE, series we look at the primary ‘white bag’... Read More
Field Rations 21 ~ US MRE Part 2
In this part of the Field Rations series we are looking at the US Army Meal Ready to Eat or MRE from... Read More
Field Rations 20 ~ US MRE Part 1
Over the next few articles in this series we plan to look at the US Army Meal Ready to Eat or MRE... Read More
Marching Ammo Introduction
Marching Ammo? Think about it. Just as rifles need ammunition to work effectively, so do the troops who carry the rifles into... Read More