Mexican Army combat ration
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:20 pm
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The Mexican Army, which previously imported American MREs, now issues its own combat ration. Known as the "Soldados Individuales Diarios Combaten Comidas" (Individual Soldiers' Daily Combat Meals), it consists of several MRE-like retort pouches and meal supplements packaged inside a thin olive-green plastic box printed with black ink.
Unlike US practice, each meal consists of two retort pouches: one contains a meat product or meat mixed with vegetables (Beef, Ham, Chicken, Sausage, Tuna Fish, Pork steaks, or bacon) in flavoring sauce with spices. The other, larger, pouch contains a staple food such as rice, beans, lentils, potatoes, noodles or pasta, or eggs. A few meals consist of a single pouch, containing things like steak & eggs, tamales, or chicken with rice & beans.
Each food item can be eaten either hot or cold, and requires no further preparation; just rip and eat.
Also included in the SIDCC are: crackers, a small can of condensed milk, small packages of dry cream and butter, dried fruit or jam or preserved fruit, chorizo spread, a small can of sardines, sugar, salt, pepper, spices, cocoa powder, nuts, chocolate or hard candy, a pouch of sterile water, a pouch of juice, paper napkins, plastic spoon, and water purification tablets.
These were passed out by Mexican military personnel who participated in Hurricane Katrina relief operations and were highly praised by American recipients for their variety and taste.
Note: until recently, the Mexican Army did not require field rations, b/c almost all operations took place near a barracks or base from which a field kitchen could be dispatched.
The Mexican Army, which previously imported American MREs, now issues its own combat ration. Known as the "Soldados Individuales Diarios Combaten Comidas" (Individual Soldiers' Daily Combat Meals), it consists of several MRE-like retort pouches and meal supplements packaged inside a thin olive-green plastic box printed with black ink.
Unlike US practice, each meal consists of two retort pouches: one contains a meat product or meat mixed with vegetables (Beef, Ham, Chicken, Sausage, Tuna Fish, Pork steaks, or bacon) in flavoring sauce with spices. The other, larger, pouch contains a staple food such as rice, beans, lentils, potatoes, noodles or pasta, or eggs. A few meals consist of a single pouch, containing things like steak & eggs, tamales, or chicken with rice & beans.
Each food item can be eaten either hot or cold, and requires no further preparation; just rip and eat.
Also included in the SIDCC are: crackers, a small can of condensed milk, small packages of dry cream and butter, dried fruit or jam or preserved fruit, chorizo spread, a small can of sardines, sugar, salt, pepper, spices, cocoa powder, nuts, chocolate or hard candy, a pouch of sterile water, a pouch of juice, paper napkins, plastic spoon, and water purification tablets.
These were passed out by Mexican military personnel who participated in Hurricane Katrina relief operations and were highly praised by American recipients for their variety and taste.
Note: until recently, the Mexican Army did not require field rations, b/c almost all operations took place near a barracks or base from which a field kitchen could be dispatched.
Sadly they don't show its contents... 