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Chapter 42 Popular Science: U.S. Army C Combat Ration
C combat ration is a canned prefabricated wet ration. The C combat ration is a kind of individual combat food first proposed by the U.S. Army to provide soldiers with food needs in harsh battlefield environments. C rations have been developed since 1938 and were officially installed in the army in 1940.The C combat ration of the U.S. military is specially required to be designed for troops under actual combat conditions without a field canteen. It is required to be easy to carry by an individual soldier and meet the nutritional and calorie needs of three meals.

C rations are generally in units of boxes, with 48 cans per box, for 8 squad soldiers to eat. C Combat Ration contents are packaged in 6 small tin cans and an accessory bag.Three of the tin cans are meat-containing foods, officially called M ingredients.The other three tin cans are cereals, officially known as B ingredients. Six cans make up one day's rations. In most cases, the U.S. military eats it as a cold meal, and it can also be heated if conditions permit.

Component B has a variety of formulations: there are biscuits, mixed compressed cereals, sugar-coated peanuts or raisins, instant coffee, sucrose, instant lemon powder or orange powder, fruit sugar, jam, cocoa drink powder and brown milk sugar.When the logistics staff prepare meals, they can add different ingredients according to different recipes.For example, the combination plan B1 is: biscuits, compressed mixed oatmeal, coffee, sugar cubes, sugar-coated peanuts. Combination B4 is the same as B1, except that sugar-coated peanuts are replaced with chocolate beans.

M ingredients come in a variety of recipes: meat and beans, meat cubes and vegetables, meat and macaroni, bacon, eggs and potatoes, meat and noodles, pork and rice, sausage and beans, pork and beans, bacon and Lima beans, chicken and vegetables.These things are cooked and packed in tin cans, and packed in wooden boxes or cartons to the front line.When the logistics staff prepare meals, they are combined according to different meal plans.For example: Combination program M1 includes ham, eggs and potatoes, meat and beans, chicken, vegetables; program M4 includes pork and beans, meat, macaroni, ham, lima beans.

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