Been reading an article describing British Army Rations from 1979-1997.
Just stumbled on it by chance.
Some really good stuff in there.
For anyone interested...
http://www.forces80.com/rations.htm
History of British Army Rations 1979-1997
Re: History of British Army Rations 1979-1997
Thanks! Perfect for having something to read during the nightshift 
Have access to several different Swedish rations.
Looking for:
Italian, Canadian, Spanish, Japanese and any from south america.
Looking for:
Italian, Canadian, Spanish, Japanese and any from south america.
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Re: History of British Army Rations 1979-1997
PotterRat - Thanks for the share... interesting historical info with great pics!
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Re: History of British Army Rations 1979-1997
When I first put me uniform on - 50 years ago - it was WWII battledress, and the ratpacks were from the Korean war. They weren't the oldest ever sampled, David Attenborough discovered some of the oldest tins ever made in one of Shackleton's camps, hand-soldered tins, and the food, preserved for a hundred years in the Antarctic freezer, was still edible. That's what happens when the military downsize, normal rotation gets forgotten about. Anyway, they must have been from the last box, next time around (a field-firing fortnight) we had new packs.
The old WWII rations were known to include bromide, to keep you regular and your minds on the job, so the most urgent question was what they had slipped into this one. So we took half a dozen packs, split them up and asked half a dozen junior cadets what they liked. It was in the chocolate - which was a great tale when I joined the manufacturers as a staffer ten years later!
The old WWII rations were known to include bromide, to keep you regular and your minds on the job, so the most urgent question was what they had slipped into this one. So we took half a dozen packs, split them up and asked half a dozen junior cadets what they liked. It was in the chocolate - which was a great tale when I joined the manufacturers as a staffer ten years later!