And finally, mess kits tend to reflect national meal preferences. European mess kits are almost all designed to serve up some sort of soup, stew or porridge. Asian mess kits tend to be for cooking rice. And American mess kits were originally designed to fry bacon. The good news is, mess kits are ch...

Check this link out. A review of the new IRP's.

http://blog.gruppa-l.com/review-irp/#more-2117

If I'm not mistaken the first IRP is for the troops in the field and the other two are either for officers or for the troops in the bases similar to the TOTM's.

I live in the U.S. and sent a package to a friend in Russia the beginning of January (Forum Member) Am waiting to hear from him after it arrives. Will post on this thread and let you know. :mrgreen: Adrian sent me a package from Romania and is somewhere in the bureaucracy of the USPS since " it lef...

I got it @ ebay.
Check ebay, amazon and others.
Also check this out....
http://www.bcbin.com/

I see that their basic rations are soup, porridge or some type of canned meat and bread or crackers. Add to that a lot of tea or colored flavored packets to be diluted in water.

If you want something light and durable then try a Crusader canteen kit. You can boil water and cook at the same time using their small but useful cooker. I have one and with the little cooker you can boil water and If you have a small pot or pan you can cook sausages, small cuts of meat and even ma...

http://www.5.ua/suspilstvo/v-ukraini-vyrobliatymut-novyi-povsiakdennyi-nabir-sukhykh-kharchovykh-produktiv-dlia-viiskovykh-46383.html IN UKRAINE, WILL PRODUCE A NEW SET OF DAILY DRY FOOD FOR THE MILITARY July 1, 2014 20:55 | SOCIETY 20minut.ua Ukraine has started to manufacture a new set of daily dr...