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wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:59 pm
by German_EPA
hi all

i gets very quite around here so i hope this post will be read by some of you... :shock:

back to the topic: i want my collection to grow up - so i want to swap for all i dont have yet.

the best is 2 times of everything. one for opening and one for my meanwhile famous display :D

here is what i already collected together:
http://blackphantom.npage.de/rations_21140016.html

i only have one australian ration and on of the spanish emergency ration and spanish drink pack - so i didnt open it :| would be great if anyone has these over too.

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:01 pm
by kman
Nice collection of pictures!

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:37 pm
by German_EPA
thanks :D

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:35 am
by SpainRation
I´d would be glad to swap some spanish ones in exchange for some EPAs,I just have to check the shipping.

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:09 am
by britman
Hi EPA,

Do those US in-flight rations still come in a dark-brown bag like the original MREs?

Or are they in-flight rations from back in the day?

And the components, they are mostly like MREs?

Cheers, v curious here :lol:
BM

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:58 am
by norge
those are from the 1980s,old dark brown bag mres.
whats inside:
stuff like this
Image

Image

Image

and other things like white spoon,sugar coffee,chewgum and so on
mostly differnt color on item wraping and some different menues.

cheers ken

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:15 pm
by German_EPA
i opened one and didnt see any big differences between them.

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:59 pm
by mreheater72
norge wrote:those are from the 1980s,old dark brown bag mres.
Very, very nice!!! :D

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:00 pm
by German_EPA
@norge:

the one cracker down leftside - the same as in the austian "kampfration"?

Re: wanna swap rations - my colltection has to grow up :)

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:58 am
by norge
not shure about that. i got this from treesuit in the usa
but i have seen the green wraps in real old mres before.

btw i think housil have a picture of the austrian mre cracker :D

cheers ken