In the Aussie 24hr Rat pack we had tins of Egg & Bacon (Breakfast ration), hell if I know what it was loaded with, I presume preservatives but it used to burn your palate (the roof lining in your mouth) I ended up swapping it or tossing it every time.
We also had Light weight Dehydrated Long Range Patrol Rations, which when reconstituted tasted like mushy cardboard, the entire concept of this type of ration eluded me, because you had to carry extra water to reconstitute it, so where was the extra weight saving?, the only possible place I could think of was in the skull of the knucklehead that thought it up in the first place.
The "10 Man 24hr Ration Carton" were great.......if your intention was to starve your 10 Man Section to death, you basically got 12 oz per man per meal.
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