Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

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Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by [ex-Member1] » Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:40 pm

Hello guys

So here is a little overview of Croatian ration Type 2 IBO (Individualni Borbeni Obrok). First of all, this ICR is amost impossible to get, there is no commercial sale of ration packs in Croatia and there is no civilian version of it. It's made in NATO standard. since we are NATO state.

Ration is secured in MRE like waterproof dark green colour bag
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Information about ration is printed in Croatian, English and French
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Box inside was secured with scotch tape
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On the top of the box there is more detailed information about company who made this ration, exp. date etc.
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When opened box looks like this
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Contents outside of the box
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Keks (Biscuits, bread substitute)
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Paprenjak (Pepper biscuit)
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Cvjetni med (Flower honey) x 2
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Osvježavajuća maramica (Refreshing wet tissue, or as you may know it moist towelettes) x3
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Kavabon (Candy with coffee)
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Instant crni čaj s aromom breskve, obogaćen sa vitaminom C (Instant black tea with peach flavor, enriched with vitamin C)
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Instant napitak s okusom naranče (Instant drink with natural orange flavouring) x2 - Croatian version of Tang - Cedevita
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Papaja (Dried papaya) packaged under an atmosphere of nitrogen
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Desertna čokolada (Dessert chocolate)
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Kokošija juha (Instant chicken soup)
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Ananas dukati (Dried pineapple rings) packaged under an atmosphere of nitrogen
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Jetrena pašteta (Liver pate)
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Goveđi narezak (Beef luncheon meat, beef patty)
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Goveđi gulaš (Beef goulash) - this one needs to be heated before consumation
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To see Type 3 click here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6223
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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by Paul Buikema » Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:48 pm

Looks pretty complete, thanks for sharing!

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by housil » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:18 pm

I´ve seen it on ebay.de. Thx for introducing it. I like it and they seem very professional too me, the cans are a little "vintage". Did you eat it yet?
What are "Pepper biscuit"?

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by [ex-Member1] » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:43 pm

housil wrote:I´ve seen it on ebay.de. Thx for introducing it. I like it and they seem very professional too me, the cans are a little "vintage". Did you eat it yet?
I only took dried fruit because I love that stuff. Most of the contents in this box I have eaten in my life at some point, same goes for the canned food from this pack. Though, I don't know about this 3 pack biscuits - this is new to me, I remember the old version camo packaged we called Rambo keks because they where so bland and tough only Rambo could eat them.
housil wrote:What are "Pepper biscuit"?
It's traditional Croatian biscuit made from honey and black pepper. Quite nice actually.

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by cavguy » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:53 pm

Very interesting ration! I wonder what the shelf life would be on these? Maybe 3-4 years, they actually seem "similar" to the French RCIR in composition.

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by Norton » Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:15 pm

Asger

Thank you for the post, it is interesting to see the items unpacked. I have tried the meat component in the tall red can and it was very good.
Good broth and rich flavor

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by parafireboy » Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:14 am

Wow, very neat, thanks for sharing! I've never seen one of these before. :D

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by [ex-Member1] » Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:42 pm

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This is how Paprenjak looks like. There are 3 pieces of these very hard cookies, mild sweet honey taste at first and then it kicks in black pepper, also very light.

I think this would be hard as a cracker even outside of the package for a few days, so in a 24h ration this can be opened in the early morning and still be the same late in the night.

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by parafireboy » Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:29 pm

Those crackers sound really good! :D

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Re: Croatian Individual Combat Ration IBO - Type 2

Post by steve1989 » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:30 pm

And now THIS is really cool! I do not think I have seen a Croatian Ration opened yet!

There is one on Ebay right now, sadly the guy is asking like $75 for it.. :(

I love the way those crackers sound - I second parafireboy's notion those things sound really good!

Well done, Asger!

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