26 Facts About Field ration

Field ration is a type of prepackaged or canned military ration.

Each Field ration contains: canned meat, small can of meat spread, crackers, instant soup, cereal bar with fruit, a chocolate bar with nuts or caramels, instant coffee, orange juice powder, sugar, salt, a heating kit with disposable stove and alcohol-based fuel tablets, disposable butane lighter, resealable plastic bag, cooked rice and a pack of paper tissues.

The Field ration includes bread products, beverage mixes, candy and accessories.

An iron Field ration consisted of 250 grams of biscuits, 200 grams of cold meat, 150 of preserved vegetables, 25 of coffee, and 25 of salt.

An iron half-Field ration was composed of 250 grams of biscuits and 200 grams of preserved meat; thus its total weight was 450 grams without packing and 535 grams with packing.

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The Field ration pack provides breakfast and lunch only; the two canned or pouched main meals are issued separately.

Norway utilize a 24-hour Field ration pack designed by Drytech, consisting of 2 freeze-dried main meals, a packet of compressed breakfast cereal, packets of instant soup, and supplements.

Current Polish combat Field ration is packed in a green plastic-foil bag containing: 2 small cans of meat or meat spread or cheese, 2 packages of hard crackers, a tube of sweetened condensed milk, 2 packets of instant coffee, a packet of instant tea, 3 sugar packets, an individually wrapped Vitamin C fortified boiled sweets, a stick of chewing gum, safety matches, a menu and instruction sheet, a plastic bag, and 2 paper towels.

The Field ration is packed in a transparent durable plastic bag that is resealable with a ziplock.

All Field ration packs contain Oatmeal Block, Fruit Biscuits, Biscuits Brown, a sachet of instant soup and jam or yeast extract for a lunchtime snack, and chocolate, though this has been phased out with the introduction of the more recent multi-climate Field ration packs, and boiled sweets for snacking whilst on patrol, or in free time.

Regardless of their contents, these Field ration packs are referred to as Rat-Packs or Compo by the soldiers who eat them.

The Jungle Field ration is designed for use by the special forces and other specialist units.

Cold Climate Ration is a specialist and lightweight, high calorie 24 hour Field ration designed for use by troops above the snow line or in the high Arctic.

The contents of the Field ration pack were as follows, most of which were wrapped in either cellophane or in white, heat-sealed wax paper with royal blue writing;.

The Field ration was redesignated as the 24 Hour General Purpose Ration Pack.

Ukrainian combat Field ration is based on a previous Russian version, consisting of commercially available cans and dried foods packed together in a sectioned box made of very thin green plastic.

UAE utilizes a European-style combat Field ration pack containing food and accessories for one soldier for 24 hours.

Newer, lighter Type II Field ration was originally intended to replace the Type I and consists of pre-cooked, ready-to-eat items in plastic-foil laminate retort pouches, packed in turn inside a drab green polyethylene meal bag.

New model type I combat Field ration is supplied in olive drab retort pouches and overwrapped in an olive drab bag.

Malaysian Army version of the 24-hour Field ration pack is intended to provide one man with sufficient food and supplements for one day.

The Field ration makes extensive use of commercially available canned and dehydrated items.

Each Field ration bag includes 2 retort-pouched main courses, a dessert, and an accessory pack containing 2 fruit bars, 4 packages of cookies, an envelope of isotonic drink mix powder, an envelope of instant flavored tea mix, a hot beverage, an envelope of cereal mix, candy, matches, fuel tablets, and tissue paper.

Type I Field ration has ready-to-eat foods packed in foil-plastic trilaminate pouches, placed in turn inside a thin cardboard box.

In modern Vietnam, the field ration is very popular with soldiers, sailors and travellers.

Each Field ration comes with both sweet and salty biscuits and an accessory pack containing fruit muesli, fruit jelly, fruit jam, dark chocolate, cheese spread, chewing gum, eight pouches of sugar, salt, pepper, ketchup and Mexican sauce.

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Protective packaging of components or items in a Field ration that are typically in contact with the product or food items is referred to as primary packaging.