New British 24-hour ration pack
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:46 pm
Looks like the Brits are revamping the "Ration Pack, GP."
A batch of the new, 24-hour, multi-climate ration packs have been sent to Afghanistan for troop trials. They differ significantly from the old 24-hour ration packs. For starters, the number of menus has been increased from 7 to 20. Secondly, age-old items (some of which date back to the late 1940s) have been replaced with more modern foods. Thirdly, the number of "ethnic" entrees has been increased, and the ration also incorporates six new offerings for the Halal, Vegetarian and Sikh/Hindu ranges.
Relying on troop questionnaires and feedback from deployed soldiers, the new ration pack contains about one-third of "old favorites" from previous rations. Now included are things like Thai chicken curry, sweet salmon pasta, mixed bean salad, paella, beef and casava. Biscuits brown and fruit are gone, replaced by Oreo cookies, Shrewsbury biscuits and stem ginger biscuits.
Also reduced is the time-honored "brew kit." Lt Cdr Neil Horwood, chief of the development team, said, "We've halved the number of hot drinks, as one of the big things that came out of the questionnaires was the guys are throwing away most of their tea- and coffee-making facilities because the young soldiers don't drink it now."
One big item now included is very familiar to Americans: tiny glass bottles of Tabasco sauce.
For more information, go here: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defen ... Troops.htm
A batch of the new, 24-hour, multi-climate ration packs have been sent to Afghanistan for troop trials. They differ significantly from the old 24-hour ration packs. For starters, the number of menus has been increased from 7 to 20. Secondly, age-old items (some of which date back to the late 1940s) have been replaced with more modern foods. Thirdly, the number of "ethnic" entrees has been increased, and the ration also incorporates six new offerings for the Halal, Vegetarian and Sikh/Hindu ranges.
Relying on troop questionnaires and feedback from deployed soldiers, the new ration pack contains about one-third of "old favorites" from previous rations. Now included are things like Thai chicken curry, sweet salmon pasta, mixed bean salad, paella, beef and casava. Biscuits brown and fruit are gone, replaced by Oreo cookies, Shrewsbury biscuits and stem ginger biscuits.
Also reduced is the time-honored "brew kit." Lt Cdr Neil Horwood, chief of the development team, said, "We've halved the number of hot drinks, as one of the big things that came out of the questionnaires was the guys are throwing away most of their tea- and coffee-making facilities because the young soldiers don't drink it now."
One big item now included is very familiar to Americans: tiny glass bottles of Tabasco sauce.
For more information, go here: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defen ... Troops.htm