Thread: Do you remember "C" rations? If so, what was the worst and best?
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Old 05-08-2009, 09:50 AM
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I greatly prefer C-rats to MREs, since other than the coffee or cocoa, they don't require water.
MREs don't require water except to use the heating packet that is enclosed. If you just rip open the pouches and squeeze them down your throat or spoon them down, then no water is needed to prepare them.
cmort is thinking of the Viet Nam era "LRRP" rations. They were similar to MRE's that had to be hydrated. Carrying potable water was the problem that killed them, and led to the MRE- "Meal, Ready to Eat".
No, I'm talking about the '84 vintage MREs. Several things required water, including the "beef bar" and the fruit cocktail, which was like styrofoam without adding water.
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