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K-Rats: It’s What’s for Breakfast

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Blame the Army Air Forces for its development, but the precursor to the First Strike Ration was initially used by WWII paratroopers because it could eaten on the go.

Learn more at www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/Rations/krations.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2015 at 14:00 and is filed under Field Gourmet, History. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “K-Rats: It’s What’s for Breakfast”

  1. PNW_Tree_Octopus says:
    February 6, 2015 at 14:02

    If only they still came with smokes and/or dip…

  2. Matt says:
    February 6, 2015 at 16:46

    I remember the C-Rats cans being labeled as “Ham and Eggs, Chopped”