Early RusFed Rations
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:07 pm
Hello! Was wondering if any of you had info on the rations used early on in the Russian Federation, circa 1991-1997?
From what I've been able to gather, the first IRPs were issued for testing in 1996 just before hostilities ended in the First Chechen War, and that it was officially adopted in 1997. There's even a cool video I found showing the early IRP in 1999 just before the Second Chechen War. However the era from 1991 to 1996/97 is unknown to me. I know a decent bit about the Etalon No 1 Soviet ration from 1974 and have plenty of good photos of it however in 1990 a new change was made but I don't have many details on that. I also found reference that there was another change/new regulation put out in 1992 but again no info. The next change after 1992 was the 1997 one which standardized the IRP. My assumption is that ration pack used in the 1991-1997 era was just a slightly modified version of the Soviet Etalon but I can find any photos of contents lists to confirm, any help would be appreciated!
Also if its of any interest, I can post the photos and contents list of the Soviet Etalon No 1 and No 5, I don't think they have been posted here before, at least my search turned up nothing on the forum.
From what I've been able to gather, the first IRPs were issued for testing in 1996 just before hostilities ended in the First Chechen War, and that it was officially adopted in 1997. There's even a cool video I found showing the early IRP in 1999 just before the Second Chechen War. However the era from 1991 to 1996/97 is unknown to me. I know a decent bit about the Etalon No 1 Soviet ration from 1974 and have plenty of good photos of it however in 1990 a new change was made but I don't have many details on that. I also found reference that there was another change/new regulation put out in 1992 but again no info. The next change after 1992 was the 1997 one which standardized the IRP. My assumption is that ration pack used in the 1991-1997 era was just a slightly modified version of the Soviet Etalon but I can find any photos of contents lists to confirm, any help would be appreciated!
Also if its of any interest, I can post the photos and contents list of the Soviet Etalon No 1 and No 5, I don't think they have been posted here before, at least my search turned up nothing on the forum.