Here I Field Test and take a look inside a U.N. Issue Peacekeeping One Man Patrol Ration made for British Troops on deployment and peacekeeping missions:
Enjoy:
United Nations Occidental Ration Pack Menu #3 – A Look Inside Military Personell Rations
Category: MRE / Rations
Military Ration Field Test: the NEW British Army (Halal) Single Meal ORP Ration
I went out to try this British Army MRE Ration, having previously bought and enjoyed a 24 hour ORP (Operational Ration Pack) – which was Menu #1 (Vegetarain), this included three meals with 4000 kcals serving one soldier their day’s worth of nutrition.
This ration however, (Halal ”Chicken & Dhal – menu #3) serves as one meal which covers 8 hours and provides 1500 kcals – whilst still offering very similar items and accessories which appear in the 24 hour standard ration!
The main difference between the SMR (Single Meal Ration) and the 24 hour one is that the SMR Comes with a Flameless Ration Heater (FRH) whilst the 24 hour ORP’s do not include such.
I thoroughly enjoyed this ration and have started a new ”MRE / Ration rating system” which features in the below video …so why not see how it scored?
Polish Army (Special Forces??) M.R.E. Ration – Loadout and Field Test
I have now tired out two Military Rations from Poland, the first was the S-R Menu / Ration and the second, most recent was marketed as a Specail Forces Ration, upon looking into it (the contents) It was quite convincing that this new ration was definitely quite different from the first one due to the inclusion and exclusion of some sundries …
Here is the full loadout and description of the contents, then further below why I think the seller believes this is / was a Special Forces Ration.
Click HERE for the video review of this ration.
CONTENTS:
- Chicken with rice and vegetables (Main dish – 300g)
- Original Beef Jerky – 25g (S-R ration does not include easy-to-eat / quick snacks like this)
- 1x Hard Tack biscuits – 45g (the S-R rations contain two packs making it 90g or 4 bisuits)
- Vanilla flavoured classic drinking chocolate – 25g
- 1x Pack freeze dried apple bits – 15g
- 1x Cherry flavour cereal fruit bar –
- 1x Fig flavour cereal fruit bar (In the S-R ration, only one fruit bar is given)
- Chewing gum
- Coffe extract sweet / Candy
- Spices (Salt and pepper)
- Napkin
- Wet wipe – x2
- Toilet paper
- Zip lock bag
- Disposable spoon
- Drinking Straw
- Hook pack – 2 pieces (this was one of the main items that made me feel that this ration may be used by Special Forces teams, the purpose of these hooks is to hang the package pack or zip lock bag off of a tree for the purpose of filtering and purifying water)
- Storm Matches (Again, these are not included in the S-R ration)
- Water purification tablet – 1 in pack (Another item which the S-R does not include)
- FRH – Flameless ration heater
NOTE: The packaging bag in this ration has a 1 liter line mark on the bag making it possible to utilize as a water purification bag – the S-R rations have the exact same bag but missing the line marker
CONCLUSION:
I still have yet to determine whether this ration is used by Polish Special forces teams – so far, I have had a few commenters on the youtube video saying that this is the normal ration – so there is now reason to find out why the S-R rations are different to these S-RS Rations and what the purpose is? The S-R rations are still being produced so these are not a new product as a replacement, you can still as of now purchase S-R rations which have the exact same or even future Best Before dates.
Personally, unless the Polish Special Forces use another ration on deployment, Then in my opinion this ration is the best one suited to their types of missions given the additional items included which are far more suited to their type of enviroment and fast paced action.
If you find MRE’s (Meal, Ready to Eat) / Military Rations interesting, why not follow the blog and hit up my youtube channel, I have already a decent playlist of rations from various nations with more coming such as: Russian, Singaporean, Norwegian and more
OUTDOOR REVIEW / TEST: Polish Special Forces Military Ration
I am still trying out and sampling various MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) Military rations from around the world and when I saw a Polish Special Forces ration for sale I went straight in!
This menu is labeled S-RS-13 and the main course was Chicken with Rice and Vegetables – this is the second Polish ration I have sampled, and this main was very good!
Below is the load out of the Ration pack, this one differs from my first ration from Poland in that it has a water measuring line on the bag (so you can purify water in the field), water purification tablets, less crackers, no jam / honey, S-hook to hang your water purification bag etc.
Below is the Main course and also the meal whilst it was being heated up by the FRH (Flameless Ration Heater) which is water activated:
FRH (Flameless Ration Heater) Polish Polska Special Forces S-RS Ration MRE
I hope you enjoyed the post and the video, please let me know what rations you want to see or are curious of? I have two filmed but need editing and uploading online (One multi national and one Asian).
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Cheers
BushmanAOD (All OutDoors)
Tasting A South Korean MRE / Army-Style Ration FIELD TEST
It’s been a while, I know – Welcome back and sorry to my usual followers (the whole 2 of you … jokes) for not posting in a while.
This video is of a South Korean Civilain Army Copy Ration I imported from Korea, the taste was great and I did have a few of these rations before making the review video. The course was a Dehydrated Beef Bibimbap (Rice) which was great in flavour and quite authentic, I have been to Korea before and the dish I ate there reminds me quite a bit of this one.
MRE means ”Meal-Ready-To-Eat”, in this case the meal is not a true MRE as it still needs some kind of cooking process, real military MRE’s are designed to be eaten cold (Pre-cooked) in the case that there is not enough time to warm food rations up during military operations and battle)
Thanks for joining me on this one, I still have 3 rations which have been filmed (all Genuine Military rations) Which need editing and uploading and still about 5 more in stock awaiting their turn (both one meal [8hr+] and 3 meal [24 hour] rations).
At time of posting this article, my Military Ration Playlist has 6 Foreign MRE Ration videos for your enjoyment.
DETAILS:
Meal: Korean Beef Bibimbap – Menu #2
Kcal: 457 Dry Weight: 120g
Water needed for rehydration: 250ml
Other Requirements: Empty Stomach + Spoon etc
Video: South Korean MRE Ration (10 mins video, with sneak peek of one of my recent wildcam sessions in an Ancient Oak Woodland – it was a beautiful little trip):
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO > > https://youtu.be/lDCAZz7GTSc
Field Testing a US Army MRE (Meal-Ready-To-Eat) Ration
As some of you may know, I’ve been interested in MRE Rations for the last few months, Starting off with the Polish Army one, then Lithuanian, Spanish and now the USA. I have currently around 6 more from around the world waiting their chance at my stomach!
This was my fourth Ration documented on video, I have already enjoyed a French 24 hour Ration one weekend with the family as they were curious as to how they are … and it made for a fun day out! We still kept up the BushmanAOD tradition of field testing it outdoors – we went to one of my wild camping locations , set up a tarp and ground sheets, then had a great time preparing and sharing the contents … Of course I already replaced the French ration with a new one for the channel and blog! Don’t sweat 🙂
Enjoy:
Taste Testing Army MRE Rations: Spanish Armed Forces ICR (Video Review)
It’s Military ration time again, this time I’m swinging away from Eastern Europe and going Mediterranean! I got the ‘Fuerzas Armadas Racion Individual De Combate’ or Spanish Armed Forces Individual Combat Ration – Lunch / Comida ”A”5 – that’s menu #5 on the lunch list!
Menu and Accesories List As Per The Info. Booklet Inside The MRE (Meal Ready-To-Eat)
Food Menu:
- 1x Bag of Chicken & Pasta Instant Soup 13g
- 1x Tin of Tuna Salad (Country Style) 195g
- 1x Tin Cooked Lean Pork 200g
- 1x Tube of Apple Cream
Accessories:
- 2x Water Purification Tablets
- 3x Solid combustible Tablets (For heating the food on the Esbit stove)
- 4x Bags Of Defatigant Isotonic Powder with Vitamin C 5g
- 1x Chewing Gum
- 1x Envelope of Matches (20 Matches)
- 1x Stove For Warming
- 1x Bag Cellulose Paper (10 Sheets)
- 1x Fluoride Toothpaste
- 1x Instant Hand Disinfectant
- 1x Info. Label
Video of the Review – Filmed Outdoors at my first Wild Camp location:
In conclusion, this was a very tasty and satisfying MRE / Ration! Albeit a little bit over the top with salt (it had a stock chicken and pasta soup which together with the salty lean pork main was a bit too much for me). I made the mistake of not reading the information booklet thoroughly, it has an ”Instructions” section which I thought was only for the Esbit Stove and Water Purification tablets etc. but it also gave instructions for the Isotonic drink powder.
My mistake was using two of the Isotonic sachets to make a +-300ml drink and it was very bland and almost tasteless, although being correct that the dosage of four sachets should be split into two, I made it with too much water.
Had the drink been a little bit more sweet and tangy, this would have offset the saltiness from the main and soup.
Interesting facts about Spanish Field Rations and Military Procedure is that, according to commenters from the Spanish Armed Forces, troops are issued with a hard-tack biscuit / cracker ration at the beginning of the day. This ration is kept aside and ONLY used IF there is no fresh bread supplied from a field kitchen, according to them, the supply of Fresh Bread is a high priority for troops in the field and deployment hence why the rations lack packed crackers / biscuits such as those in French and Eastern European rations.
I noticed the lack of Coffee or Tea, I expect the Spanish prefer Coffee and I suspect that the same field kitchen would probably be supplying fresh Coffe as well however, this is just my personal speculation.
I have since received two MRE / Rations, one 24 hour from Southern Europe and another 24 hour from a Eurasian country! … With 3 others on the way from other parts of the world so swing by, hit follow and keep an eye out for those.
Cheers
BushmanAOD
Taste Testing Military MRE Rations: Lithuanian Individual Combat Ration
I’ve decided to get a little more aquainted with Military Rations (MRE’s) after trying out my first one a couple months ago POLISH ARMY INDIVIDUAL RATION.
So a little while later I ordered another from the same supplier here in the UK, in this case it was the Lithuanian ”SAUSASIS MAISTO DAVINYS” or Individual Ration Variant Nr.2 (Menu number 2) The Main course was Beef with Groats in Sauce.
Again, as with the previous review of a combat ration, I reviewed it outdoors and I do hope you like that additional touch when compared with other MRE Reviewers online who mostly just film their reviews from inside their homes – my personal opinion on the matter is that MRE’s should be reviewed outdoors!
Video:
Contents List:
- Main: Beef with Groats in Sauce,
- FRH (Flameless Ration Heater),
- 3x Dry (Moistureless Fuel Tablets),
- 1x Box Matches,
- 1x Metal Sheet Folding Stove (Disposable),
- 1x Pack Instant Coffee,
- 12g Pack Sugar,
- 1x Pack of four Hard Cracker Biscuits,
- 1x Small Pot Honey,
- 1x Orange Vitamin C Drink,
- 1x Two Piece Chocolate Bar,
- 1x Plastic Spoon,
- Zip Lock Bags,
- Cable Tie / Zip Tie,
- Lemon Scented Wet Wipe / Sanitary Wipe
I have three more coming up! Hint: the two first ones are from Southern Europe, one is a 24 hour ration. The third Ration MRE is from a country that is further East …
Cheers
BushmanAOD
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