exchanged KSK EPA and French Australia ration

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Post by PC1149 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:56 am

The Aussy/New Zealand ration pack in Kato's picture above, clear plastic with the large blue A, is a real ration no worries with that one. that TP61 ration is not a military ration though.
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Post by housil » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:05 am

wasabi_japan wrote:Really? I should apologize to kato_japan...

I bought it from Japanese seller, and he said it was a genuine
german special force (KSK?) ration.

Hummmmm...sorry kato_japan... :(

But, australian and french commando ration are real.
I assure you.
Germany don´t has any special forces rations at all.

The Bundeswehr (German Army) has only the EPa:
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and the EPa leicht:
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Newer EPa leicht (different crackers)
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The EPa leicht is issued in foreign countries mission to all troops, not to KSK only :!:



Do you mean Ausralian or Austrian ?!

Two different countries!

As Rudi (jubifahrer) said, nobody had confirmend the Austrian rations yet, so we don´t know if they are genuine or not.

At the homepage of the Austrian Jagdkommando (Austrian Special Forces)
http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/jakdo/
Videos:
http://www.bmlv.gv.at/download_archiv/v ... raet.shtml

they only say "Austrian day rations"
http://www.bmlv.gv.at/truppendienst/aus ... php?id=300

Nobody knows how they looks like...

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Post by housil » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:16 am

kman wrote:Housil, just curious - besides the packaging, is the food different between the military EPa entrees and the civilian ones? For example, is the military "Cevapcici" different from the civilian "Civapcici"??
Somebody from our German forum wrote to the Herta company, asking the same question.
They replyed that it is "confidental" because it is for the military. So they can´t answer his question what the differences are... :wink:

Means there is a difference in/at the food also.

The civilian has a limited shelf life, the military has not - it´s "unlimited"

But they don´t use "chemistry" for conservation, they use glucose

Some entrees are the same like the Cevapcici, means avialable at supermarkte and in EPas.
Some are made for the EPas only like the vegetables with tofu, goulash with potatoes etc.
Some are made for the civilian market only see:
http://www.buss.de/buss/produkte/freizeitmacher.html

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Post by PC1149 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:17 am

I corrected my post to read Aussy and New Zealand (the downunder fellas) the picture in Kato's group showed that type meal they use.
Sorry, I was not sure what was being talked about... I have never seen the Austrian rations either????

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Post by housil » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:21 am

PC1149 wrote: Sorry I wan't sure what was being talked about... I have never seen the Austrian rations either????
Me either - they said both. Austrian and Australien...

I guess everybody is/was confused a little bit :oops:

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Post by housil » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:24 pm

The French Commando Ration

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is a genuine French Army issued item.

See homepage of French Army:

http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouv ... mando_rilc

The official value of it is €12,42 they say...

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Post by C-rats » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:32 pm

I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw that bogus "NATO APPROVED" logo! :o What an amazing pile of BS!!!

You just have to appreciate the irony in that the "manufacturer" was so intent on making that ration look "official" that it looks terribly fake. :lol:
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Post by Stef » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:41 am

HAHAHA, this sniper on the packet, is as strange as the WWII Wehrmacht soldier on the rations sold by Trail Pack. Maybe the same guy makes them on his kitchen table corner :lol:
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Post by wasabi_japan » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:06 am

jubifahrer

I also got "austrian" ration from same seller...
Perhaps, is it fake, too????? :cry:
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Post by jubifahrer » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:57 am

hi wasabi,

this kind of austrian ration is the one i meant.

nobody can confirm if its real army stuff and as it is from the same seller iam afraid that it is a fake too.

sorry...

bye

jubifahrer

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