RLW-30 now with PICS

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Az556
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RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by Az556 » Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:54 pm

Anyone have an RLW 30?

Ration Lightweight 30

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Re: RLW-30

Post by Eistee » Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:12 am

Can you maybe elaborate what kind of ration it is?
Country of origin?
What year it was produced maybe?
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Re: RLW-30

Post by Az556 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:18 am

USA

1986
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by steve1989 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:43 pm

I've only seen that ration in a couple Natick stock photos. Only prototypes exist, and if that one in the pictures is yours I'd say you have a rare gem there.
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by Az556 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:55 pm

it's mine, I posted it here 10 years ago but the PB photos in that thread are toast...
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by cavguy » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:03 pm

That is a rare ration! Nice find and thanks for the pics.
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by Az556 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:25 pm

is anyone aware of another in a private collection?
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by SNiiP3R » Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:18 pm

Great looking ration. I have never seen one like that before.
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by Az556 » Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:41 pm

So other than the Natick photos online and the ones I posted 10 years ago...this may be the only example out there.

interesting
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Re: RLW-30 now with PICS

Post by Jhow0672 » Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:16 am

I have one of these. I was in the control group eating mres on the test at Camp Ethan Allen conducted by Natick Labs. At the end of the test, they gave us a souvenir. Somewhere I had a group photo of the test particpants, also a photo of me coming out of the dunk tank (for measuring body fat %).
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