East German Rations

[Stef]

...Soviet troops receiving free cigarettes

Be glad you never had to smoke "Russian" cigarrets made from their own tabaco called "Machorka".

They don´t need a warning on their packages...

yep, some 17 years ago my wife who was still smoking bought a full bag of those Russian cigarettes in Ukraine. She never could smoke them and nobody could either, not even the old bum who was living near the house and used to pick up cigarette butts in the street to smoke. He answered "and what do you want me to do with that crap?"

[Bypah]

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Smoking is a bad habit anyway....

But there is always room for a nice cigar...

[Stef]

Thanks bypah, I remember the Kosmos brand!

[biscuits brown]

Smoking is good

Love the cigar monster! Or is it new Cuban cruise missile?

[Bypah]

Love the cigar monster! Or is it new Cuban cruise missile?

That's a "relic" of the missile Crisis of the 60's.

[Stef]

well the problem with this one : I can't imagine the young lady who rolls it onto her thigh

[Bypah]

well the problem with this one : I can't imagine the young lady who rolls it onto her thigh

I don't know about that girl but I know one she would love to get her hands on that missile.....

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[biscuits brown]

[rationtin440]

Speaking of cigars and cigarettes, unless I'm mistaken the United States was the only nation to issue cigarettes as a standard ration component in the WW2 rations and in the Vietnam era MCIs.

[biscuits brown]

Rt there was 2 tins of 50 cigarettes in the WW2 British 14 in 1 compo. That worked out to the UK 7 a day standard army smokes ration.
The Canadian mess tin ration had 10 cigs included too.