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Army Unveils Four Basic Combat Rations for Modern War

Army diet experts developed four main rations to suit desert heat Arctic cold and jungle heat in World War II. Ration K the Parachute ration leads with nine meat or cheese options while C two cans per meal Mountain ration and Jungle ration cover high altitude and tropical conditions. Combat use prompted label printing directly on cans after a Marine unit lost labels in the South Pacific.