Great presentation. As an old Vet who started his MRE journey on "Dehydrated Beef Patty" and "Dehyrdrated Pork Patty" in the old dark brown US MRE's of the 80's I have to say that MRE's have come a very long ways in improvements.

@CooldaddyBBQ

3 ай бұрын

Those patties were the worst.

The can opener with the spoon on it is called a FRED. it stands for a Field Ration Eating Device. Just so you know for future reference 😅 thanks for the review.

Good vid. The "jam sandwich cookies" originated in german city of Linz, that is why it is called in the midle Europe "Linz circles".

@happycanuckreviews

3 ай бұрын

Oh wow, thank you for the little history lesson, I had no idea! Love learning new things 😁

Those chocolate bars always looked like that. Low moisture chocolate with copha and milk powder to rehydrate in your mouth but not melt in your pack in an Aussie summer.

I would do a major field strip of the meal. Toss out what I won't eat and keep the rest.

@happycanuckreviews

3 ай бұрын

Totally understandable, why keep the stuff you won't want/need on you? Extra weight you need to lug around! This is definitely one of the heaviest rations I've seen - can only imagine how heavy it used to be when it was all canned.

Life savers,known as Polos in the UK 🇬🇧

That was a lot of food everything looked really good

@happycanuckreviews

4 ай бұрын

Yes it certainly was - I actually ended up packing a fair amount away and saving it to eat later due to the amount!

@decarlosperry5111

4 ай бұрын

@@happycanuckreviews I tried the Vegemite in a civilian one I had and it was intense 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I joined the Australian Army Reserve in 1986. We were issued rations date stamped 1967 left over from Vietnam War. They were appalling. The chocolate was white powder held together with thoughts and prayers. The meat was bad and the Luncheon Meat Type 1 or 2 could be used in hand to hand combat. The Biscuits, Cereal were famous for shattering teeth. I am pleased to see they are now issuing ration packs that weren’t designed by the enemy.

@happycanuckreviews

3 ай бұрын

Wow that sounds awful! Breaks my heart to see governments not treat those that serve with the proper respect. Edible and sustaining meals should always be on high up on the priority list!

@solreaver83

2 ай бұрын

When I was a cadet in the 90s I was still being issued with Vietnam style packs.

Opportunity missed. 31:12 Those should have been Peak Freans fruit cream cookies.

@happycanuckreviews

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree, love those cookies!