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I would like to know what nations still issue chocolate bars in their ration packs-not chocolate drink powder!

I got interested in this because of trying to make a homemade chocolate bar based on an emergency WWII ration from this site.

Thanks!

German Bundeswehr EPa does.

Hi,
France too, UK did but I'm not sure the Yorkie bar is still in their packs.

norway do also have the chocolate bar

cheers ken

The spanish rations( breakfast) carry chocolate.Also the swiss rations too....

Most European countries still include chocolate bars in their field rations.

The French RCIR & RLIC both contain a 25-g bar of chocolate. The Germans, Swiss & Austrians each have a 50-g bar of dark, bittersweet chocolate in their respective ration pack.

The Drytech FR3500 & 4000 issued by both Sweden & Norway include one or tow 40-g bars of chocolate; so do the Finnish Taistelumuonapakkaus and the Danish F1.

Estonian & Latvian ration packs include a small chocolate bar in some menus, as does the Polish W-1 ration. The Czechs issue a small chocolate bar with each Bojova Davka Potravin.

The Belgian Ration de Combats Conditionée/Gevechtsrantsoen Gekonditioneered and the similar Dutch Gevechtsrantsoen both have a 50-g bar of chocolate inside.

The Italian Razione Viveri Speciali da Combattimento packs a chocolate bar with each breakfast menu.

Both the Spanish Racion Individual de Combate and the Portuguese Ração Individual de Combate include a bar of chocolate in some menus.

The Brits used to include a chocolate bar ("Yorkie bar - It's not for Civvies!") in the 24-hour ORP, but the new Multiclimate Ration Pack seems to have dropped these. The Irish Army 24-hour Ration Pack DOES NOT have a chocolate bar, but does include a Kendal mint cake.

The current Russian ration, the IRP-P, includes a small bar of chocolate in some menus, or caramels in others.

The Australian CR1M contains a 50-g bar of chocolate & a 55-g bag of M&Ms, while the New Zealand ORP - 1M24 includes two 40g-chocolate bars.

The Canadians pack some type of commercially-produced chocolate bar in the IMP Lunch menus and in all three LMC menus. Types include: KitKat bar, Creamy Caramel chocolate bar, Cookies & Cream chocolate bar, Mirage bar, or a Frosty Mint chocolate bar.

Other than the Korean Type II Field Ration, which has a 50-g bag of "choco-balls," none of the Asian countries seem to include chocolate with their field rations.

Neither of the former Rhodesian & (apartheid era) South African ration packs included an issued chocolate bar, but personal memoirs from the Rhodesian war indicate that Security Forces in the field were regularly provided with chocolate, particular KitKat bars, as morale items.


The Colombian Ración de Campaña and the similar (packed by the same company, Huerta SA) Chilean Racion de Combate include a bar of chocolate with some menus and an enriched nougat bar with others. The Argentine "Racion para Combate (Individual)" includes chocolate caramels in some menus. The Mexican "soldados individuales diarios combaten comidas" has a 30-g bar of chocolate in some menus, but not all. Neither the former nor the current "Racion Fria" used by Peru includes chocolate.

As far as I can tell, none of the current Brazilian ration packs include chocolate bars in their menus.

Hope this helps.

Dutch rations have it too.

The IDF 4 in 1 battle ration has a tin of chocolate halva spread, although it doesnt appear to contain bars.
The "Ambush ration" has "candy" (that could be anything) and high energy bars. Its possible these have a chocolate content.

UK ORP ('24 hr rations', 'GP rations') used to have 2x Yorkie 'Not for civvies' bars, a small size (like the Duncans bars that came before them. With the most recent versions of ORP (the ones with Lucozade powder instead of screech and Vegemite and Jam tubes from NZ) this has been replaced by 1x Golden Oats (or other similar flavour) Snack Bar, which is compressed cereal bar, and 1x Chocolate bar made by FRA Angelico or some other Italian subsidiary firm (and damn tasty it is too!). I remember old GS rations (the ones with small cans) had Rolos, and before that Mars Bars I beleive (not old enough to remember the Mars bars first hand though!)

Not had an MCR yet but I believe they don't have chocolate bars due to the fact they are intended primarily for Afghan and its very often bloody hot out there, and I've not been fed from 10 man ratpacks either so can't comment there.

norge wrote:norway do also have the chocolate bar

cheers ken

I had to eat those rations for four month (heh not all the time but pretty often) and I didn't find anymore chocolate bars. There was only those cereal "energy bars" instead of chocolate bars.