Strange Use of a C-Rat Box

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:37 am

Hi guys,

yesterday I found some funny picture: A GI wears eye protection made from a C-ration container to prevent snow blindness.

So long mreheater72

Post by **kman** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:25 am

Postcards, snow goggles, the uses are endless! Nice find.

C-rats · Post by **C-rats** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:33 am

Can anyone make out what meal it was from?

Treesuit · Post by **Treesuit** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:37 am

I'm not sure exactly but at the bridge of his nose I can barely make out what looks to be a "C" and right underneath it I think it says "B-1" unit. Could be the "Eggs, Chopped w/Ham" unit?

Richard w. · Post by **Richard w.** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:52 pm

When I was in my first enlistment, only RTO's were issued a large ALICE pack with a frame, so the rest of us used the medium packs without a frame. Terrible set-up for carrying heavy loads.

It was common practice in my unit to cut a piece of of the thick cardboard from a C Ration case to fit in your ruck between the load and your back. It added little weight and kept the hard, pointy stuff in the pack from jabbing you in the back.

If it was OK to make fire and smoke, we'd crunch the individual C-Rat boxes down around the opened can with the main meal in it and light it. By the time it burned down, the can was good and hot.