old picture of South African ration

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old picture of South African ration

Post by Stef » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:33 pm

Hi,
I've found back this picture of a SAf ration in an old magazine (Troupes d'élite/The Elite, 80's) :

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Has anybody really seen one of them?

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Post by Demoncase » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:13 am

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.
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Post by Stef » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:36 am

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? :?
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Post by Demoncase » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:39 am

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!) :roll:
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Post by Stef » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:15 pm

I don't know the semtex well but that stuff looks like a good old stick of British WWII gelignite :lol:
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