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old picture of South African ration
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:33 pm
by Stef
Hi,
I've found back this picture of a SAf ration in an old magazine (Troupes d'élite/The Elite, 80's) :
Has anybody really seen one of them?
Stef
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:13 am
by Demoncase
Barring the worrying sausage like thing in the bottom left of the picture, this ration is a dead ringer for the older UK GP rations, pre the current 24 hour GS rat pack.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:36 am
by Stef
Thanks for the info Demoncase.
I strongly doubt that kind of sausage could remain edible for 3 years!
I have not a clue about the content of the long brown pack... à sort of cake? ...something to smoke or ...pre-digested, pre-excreted food?
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:39 am
by Demoncase
That too is a new one on me....UK Rations are typically very clearly labelled, for obvious reasons.
I guess it's either a cake....or one of those things that turns into a flannel when you add water...
...Though on the photo it looks kinda like Semtex (don't ask me how I know,mmm'kay!)
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:15 pm
by Stef
I don't know the semtex well but that stuff looks like a good old stick of British WWII gelignite
