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I'm beginning to think that the only difference is in the name and in the color of the bag, the contents and even the menus are the same.

You've got it right. The DSCP even makes them share a webpage:

Meal, Cold Weather/Long Range Patrol (MCW/LRP)
http://www.dscp.dla.mil/subs/rations/pr ... mcwabt.asp

The only difference is the bag color.

I told you in an earlier post.....
they are uisng the same menus for both applications MCW/LRP...

kman wrote:You've got it right. The DSCP even makes them share a webpage:

Meal, Cold Weather/Long Range Patrol (MCW/LRP)
http://www.dscp.dla.mil/subs/rations/pr ... mcwabt.asp

The only difference is the bag color.

Wow, so that's why I was told they were still in production. I was asking a pretty dumb question. So I'll rephrase that. Do they still make the MCW, or just the LRP?

fdsman wrote:So I'll rephrase that. Do they still make the MCW, or just the LRP?

Just read that link I posted. They say right there in the first paragraph under "What is it?":

Meal, Cold Weather/Long Range Patrol (MCW/LRP)
The MCW is packaged in a white camouflage pouch similar to the RCW. [...] The LRP is packaged in a tan camouflage menu pouch similar to the current MRE.

They're both current rations. They still make them. The only difference between them is the bag color.

kman wrote:

fdsman wrote:So I'll rephrase that. Do they still make the MCW, or just the LRP?

Just read that link I posted. They say right there in the first paragraph under "What is it?":

Meal, Cold Weather/Long Range Patrol (MCW/LRP)
The MCW is packaged in a white camouflage pouch similar to the RCW. [...] The LRP is packaged in a tan camouflage menu pouch similar to the current MRE.

They're both current rations. They still make them. The only difference between them is the bag color.

Ok, now I understand. At first it didn't make any since to me, why we would still be making cold weather rations when they are not really a big demand.