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new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by German_EPA » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:18 am

hey all :D

i just saw a new ration on ebay and i guess its a fake.

:arrow: :arrow: http://cgi.ebay.de/Bundeswehr-EPA-Typ-8 ... 1e627b33dd

on the one pic there are travellunch meals and on the packed picture there are the alu-containers.
and: mainmeal currywurst? never saw an army having currywurst as mainmeal in a ration!
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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by housil » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:35 am

German_EPA wrote:hey all :D

i just saw a new ration on ebay and i guess its a fake.
Me too, so I wrote the seller a mail asking him where he got them from as they seems "home made" to me.

He denied and demand they are allegedly genuie Bundeswehr.
German_EPA wrote: on the one pic there are travellunch meals and on the packed picture there are the alu-containers.
and: mainmeal currywurst? never saw an army having currywurst as mainmeal in a ration!
He explains that in the description below saying, it´s just an example but you are right, never saw any "Currywurst" dish (Curryking?!), nor "Erbseneintopf mit Mettwurst" (pea stew w/ pork sausage).

I do not bid on them, to me they are a mixture of left overs EPa leicht stuff, EPa stuff and supermarket crap. :evil:

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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by hOMEr_jAy » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:33 am

There seem to be new EPA types in trial phase, but that auction looks like a fraud...it´s also interesting that the seller has copied the instructions from classical EPAs: the label on the package says that the meals can be "enjoyed either hot or cold", which is odd, because the main entrees are freeze-dried. :D
Source for the actual new EPA types:
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2315/img0778rfl.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2792/img0779ur.jpg

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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by German_EPA » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:47 am

new auction - a proof of fake?

http://cgi.ebay.de/Bundeswehr-EPa-Typ-6 ... 1e62a786bb

watch the mainmeals - thats a discounter packaging!

its hard to belive the bundeswehr goes this way if its true :cry:
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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by housil » Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:45 am

To me the same home made crap like the infamous "TP-61" we had before a couple of times :wink:

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watch the mainmeals - thats a discounter packaging
I agree
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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by German_EPA » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:17 pm

homer_jay's post confuses me... i searched for the website but didnt find it yet... :?
the bags look homemade but the pics of the site look like the genuine bundeswehr site...
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Re: new fake ration on ebay?!

Post by hOMEr_jAy » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:20 am

I found that article on the Bundeswehr Intranet site, that's why it can't be found on the internet. It's definately an odd find, but considering the new situations German troops face in Afghanistan introducing new EPA types would make sense.

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