German MRE manufacturer

Zeiti · Post by **Zeiti** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:11 am

http://www.msi-germany.com/meals.html

Looks almost like the MRE´s.
But the company is specialized on disaster relief only.
I wonder when the german Bundeswehr will consider them as a source
to replace the shitty EPA´s. As I know the german bureaucracy, NEVER

Post by **kman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:31 am

Looks pretty interesting. I think they'd have to increase the calories per meal to get up to "military" levels - right now, they average around 1000 calories each. Here are a couple of pictures from the site:

Zeiti · Post by **Zeiti** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:42 am

I came across this company over another moron at eBay who advertised the rations as "new german special forces rations"

The company is located only 50 clicks away from my home. I´ll contact them and ask if they have a "factory outlet"

Post by **kman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:06 am

They look pretty cool - I'd love to give one a try. I think for non-military uses, you could get by fine without the internal cardboard boxes to house the entrees, sides, etc. - but I wouldn't want to beat the MREs around too much for fear of puncturing one.

But here's my question: if this a German company, why are all the labels in English?

Zeiti · Post by **Zeiti** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:14 am

kman wrote:They look pretty cool - I'd love to give one a try. I think for non-military uses, you could get by fine without the internal cardboard boxes to house the entrees, sides, etc. - but I wouldn't want to beat the MREs around too much for fear of puncturing one.

But here's my question: if this a German company, why are all the labels in English?

...because its a company,specialized on disaster relief. Most disasters don´t happen in good old Germany. I don´t think this rations are designed for the domestic market.
They should include some pictures fore use,like on your HDR´s

I´ll contact the company for some prices and let you know my results !

kturnerga · Post by **kturnerga** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:02 am

Hello
I like what I see of the German disaster MRE's though I wouldn't mind a dessert being embedded in them and maybe some seasoning and a hot drink mix. That would provide a form of snack/breakfast. A form of roughage via whole wheat bread or a fruit would be nice.

I ate a German version of the Snickers that came from Wal-Mart and though good and cheap, it did not have the brand attraction of Snickers. But if the Germans can get them into the US cheaply and they last 3 or 4 years at room temperature I'm all for them being marketed in the states. Good sources would be commercial wrapping at Wal-Marts, Bass Pro's or online vendors.

KAT

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:47 am

They look like the old MREs with that dark brown package.

kturnerga · Post by **kturnerga** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:02 am

Hello
I think if the German disaster MRE can be resacked in commercial-style packaging with a few extra goodies it might sell in the US. Productive costs may preclude resacking them so repackaging them may just involve stamping them with a date and new markings. I have revised my enhancements to just include a fruit or a whole wheat component as well as coffee/condiments. Kiddies and paintballers as well as hunters might- well, eat up that sort of thing.

For the foreign readers; "eat up" is Southern US lexicon for "enjoy immensely".

Ken

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