MCI (Meal, Combat, Individual) 1980 Case Review

One of the MREInfo.com forum members, mreheater72 from Germany, has quite a collection of rations as you can tell from the picture below:

One particular thing in his collection is a case of MCIs (Meal, Combat, Individual) that was packed in 1980. This was the last year that MCIs, also affectionately known as combat rations, c-rations, or just plain “c-rats”, were produced. mreheater72 decided to take us on a tour of what the contents of this case looks like now, 27 years after they were packed. This review originally occurred in May, 2007.

Note: the only ration parts out of sync with these pictures are the B-Units and some of the cakes/nut rolls. The pictures of most of the cakes and nut rolls are from a case of mreheater72’s 1979 MCIs. He didn’t have any pictures of the contents of the B-Units so I took some pictures of some 1979 B-Units from my collection. So the B-Units and pound cakes/nut rolls you see in the following pages are 28 years old while everything else is 27 years old.

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My Newest Treasure: 1980 Case of MCIs

Author: mreheater72
Date: May, 2007

Hi guys,

Here I want to show my newest treasure:

  
 

MCI 1980 Complete Menu – Click on a menu to go to a page with full pictures

Menu 1	Menu 2	Menu 3	Menu 4
Beef w/Spiced Sauce Halved Apricots Peanut Butter B-1 Unit – crackers, candy	Tuna Fish Fruit Cocktail Peanut Butter B-1 Unit – crackers, candy	Ham and Eggs, Chopped Quartered Pears Peanut Butter B-1 Unit – crackers, candy	Pork, Sliced, Cooked with Juices Applesauce Peanut Butter B-1 Unit – crackers, candy
Menu 5	Menu 6	Menu 7	Menu 8
Beans w/Frankfurter Chunks in Tomato Sauce Blackberry Jam Fruitcake B-2 Unit – crackers, cocoa beverage powder	Beef Slices and Potatoes w/Gravy Pineapple Jam Pound Cake B-2 Unit – crackers, cocoa beverage powder	Spaghetti w/Beef Chunks in Sauce Apricot Jam Cinnamon Nut Roll B-2 Unit – crackers, cocoa beverage powder	Beans w/Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce Pineapple Jam Chocolate Nut Roll B-2 Unit – crackers, cocoa beverage powder
Menu 9	Menu 10	Menu 11	Menu 12
Beefsteak Sliced Peaches Cheese Spread, Hickory Smoke B-3 Unit – crackers, candy	Chicken or Turkey Boned Cheese Spread, Cheddar Plain Applesauce B-3 Unit – crackers, candy	Ham, Sliced, Cooked with Juices Cheese Spread, Caroway Applesauce B-3 Unit – crackers, candy	Turkey Loaf Cheese Spread, Caroway Quartered Pears B-3 Unit – crackers, candy