RLW-30 now with PICS

[Az556]

Anyone have an RLW 30?

Ration Lightweight 30

[Eistee]

Can you maybe elaborate what kind of ration it is?
Country of origin?
What year it was produced maybe?

[Az556]

USA

1986

[steve1989]

I've only seen that ration in a couple Natick stock photos. Only prototypes exist, and if that one in the pictures is yours I'd say you have a rare gem there.

[Az556]

it's mine, I posted it here 10 years ago but the PB photos in that thread are toast...

[cavguy]

That is a rare ration! Nice find and thanks for the pics.

[Az556]

is anyone aware of another in a private collection?

[SNiiP3R]

Great looking ration. I have never seen one like that before.

[Az556]

So other than the Natick photos online and the ones I posted 10 years ago...this may be the only example out there.

interesting

[Jhow0672]

I have one of these. I was in the control group eating mres on the test at Camp Ethan Allen conducted by Natick Labs. At the end of the test, they gave us a souvenir. Somewhere I had a group photo of the test particpants, also a photo of me coming out of the dunk tank (for measuring body fat %).