Yes, I’ve reported you! 😂👍🏻

Its his fault for not trying any german EPAs. They are easy to get, and very tasty. Hmm maybe thats it. He is saving his for later, about 30 years or so.

I feel so cheap and used...

Steve seems like the kind of person to have an open arrangement, you’re good to go!!!

"let's get this out on a tray, nice" I've gotten so used to this that now I think all MRE reviewers are going to say it.

yeah... well if i remember correctly from my days a type 4 is meant to get you through 2 days. it was kinda fun to watch the vid as a german and yes, that yellow/orange bar went straight into the trash bin. Those could indeed pull your fillings of your tooth out so they were commonly named as "Blombenzieher" and LTs hat to order and remind their boys not to toss them into the bushes. i remember one particular field training. we temporary camped at a lake with ducks to eat our MREs. for the life of me i cant remember who started it, but we tried to feed the ducks with the "Blombenzieher". It was all fun and giggles until one of them blocked its airways with a too big and too gluey piece. When we realized that it was about to die the fun was over and the medic and two others jumped into the lake for the rescue. The medic succeded to get it out with the help of some tools of his kit just barely in time. He was not pleased. the LT and the Sarge too. Lets just say the penalty workout and the penalty march back to the barracks we got for it burned into my memory just like the initial fun feeding the ducks.

Sending greetings back to USA

@@ricwalker6600 No, also a 24h ration. The huge size is due to the packaging. Even in the cold war EPA was using commercial production for the hot meals and jams etc. More bulky then purpose build stuff like MRE

Goes back. Where in the US are you located? Had a girlfriend in LA b4.Well actually 31 yrs ago.

And when you are out of Ammo just throw them.

@@mrn234 Exactly! 😂

@@mrn234 wow that would be a war crime 😂

​@@keoken9078No, the war crime was feeding "Rice with Fruit" to a PoW. We once tried to feed the stuff to a Bentheimer Landschwein (that beast would even try to eat Animl Rights activists) and it refused

Die Hauptgerichte sind von Buss Freizeitmacher. Die Hamburger werden nicht mehr produziert von der Firma Buss, ähnliches Produkt ist jetzt aktuell das Mexico Hacksteak. Grüsse aus Baden-Württemberg

@@RavenHeart6667 Das Beste von Buss waren eh die Asia-Nudeln. Das ärgert mich wirklich das die nicht mehr produziert werden. Meine Frage bezog sich aber auf speziell den Instant-Saft. Grüße von der Hessisch-BaWü-Grenze

@@ronin47-ThorstenFrank Die Instantpulver von Orifo? Manchmal in Army shops erhältlich, allerdings als Grosspackung für 20 Mann inclusive Tee, Kaffee,Zucker usw(AdventureWorld Onlineshop hat sowas manchmal). Einzeln hab ich sie noch nie gesehen.

@@RavenHeart6667 Danke dir!

@@ronin47-ThorstenFrank Gern😊

It's specifically what's known as Pumpernickel. It's grist (and sometimes whole grain) rye bread. One of the nice things baout it is that it's very shelf-stable for soft bread. IIRC it holds like 2+ years minimum when tinned.

Noice, ohhhhh kay. 😆

@@xkavarsmith9322 No hiss

As you can see these pouches have a nice gusset on the bottom

Randy Santel and Steve need to collaborate. Win before you begin, with a nice hiss.

Two days if used as emergency food. If used as designed the 3300-3800kcal are what a soldier will burn during a day of exercises in west germany

Did a few years in the German Air Force from 1989 until 2001, that exactly same type hamburger in tomato sauce we also had in our EPA, no big change there...

German military structure hasn't changed. They just suspended compulsory service and rely on volunteers only. The compulsory service could be reinstated with no further notice (and, looking at recent developments, might be). The army is no more or less professional than before. And the EPA hasn't changed much, if at all.

@@DevSolar . I meant the food in mess hall.

Hmm, ja! Als mein Freund vereidigt wurde, lang, lang ist's her, war gerade Freitag. Es gab zum Mittagessen zwei Gerichte zur Auswahl: Spaghetti mit Tomatensauce und panierten Fisch. Dessen Beilage: Spaghetti mit Tomatensauce. Ein wahres Festmahl, kann ich nur sagen!! 🤣🤣🤣

But the real question is do they still give you göffel, Gabel Löffel or not

Thank for watching Art

alter, wegen dir gibts am dienstag schupfnudeln :D

I agree I like when they break it up into meals in the 24 hour rations. Let’s you think about what you would eat with each meal

They used to include some dry fuel tablets (called 'Esbit') with the rations and every soldier had a palm sized stove to heat up the meals. You could set it up in no time and make it disappear just as quickly. However, making all that packaging disappear was another story...

@@CDP1861 I think you can still get them but iam not sure. But when you are with the Tank crews they just throw the stuff to the Engine of the tank :D

@@mrn234 Tank crews? Are you serious? Do I smell like mud? Luftwaffe :-)

American strikers are on the back not the front

I have opened a few of these over the years lol

And the chocolate for cheese on top.

@@NormanTheDormantDoormat nah, you can actualyl use the spread that comes with the package for it and if you're realyl really bored, you can melt the chocolate onto the dark bread

I bet you could get 3 days out of it. Coffee is a good hunger suppressor

It is no mre, its a daily ration 😁

If younuse it as normal food it is a two day supply. Each of the hot mealsmis sold as a main for one person commercial. During military exercises in the 1980s - one EPA per day would be issued since you burn a lot more energy

Panzerkekse.

yup

That is not necessarily stinginess, but it could be that they had good reasons for putting less peanut butter in. I'm no nutritionist, but as far as I know that is how it works: Eating carbs makes you thirsty, eating protein makes you tired. Carbs give you short term energy boosts, proteins give you long term energy. Peanut butter has a lot of salt in it and people usually eat it on bread, which means you get 2 things that are thirst provoking in one. The body transforms carbohydrates into glucose to store them and that requires adding water to the molecule, as far as I know. Don't ask me how exactly that works, since the name "carbo-HYDRATE" suggests that there already is water in the molecule, but apparently that is why people feel bloated and get spongy when eating a lot of bread or noodles. Your body stores a lot of water in your cells. I think it is the same with salt, which makes salty carbs, like peanut butter on bread, especially thirst provoking. Long story short, when they design a military ration, they have to put a lot of thought into how many carbs and how many proteins they put into it, to not have negative effects on the soldiers. It isn't all just about calories and morale boosting, it is about providing the soldier's body with the right kind of fuel for the environment and for the task envelope.

US MREs are the worst, it's embarrassing

@@TrangleC yeah they are thinking of your well-being in every choice they make. Portion sizes have been getting smaller in all products over the years as a more acceptable choice to manufactures instead of raising the price to keep profit margins.

@@matthewfairley4101 We are not talking about stuff being sold in super markets to regular consumers here.

@@TrangleC in a capitalist society we are all producers and consumers. Thought the military might have a slightly skewed system we are still talking about a manufacturer selling hopefully at a profit to a customer.

Hau rein Brudi, lass es dir schmecken.

Yeah. He said that after opening and eating the 150+ year old British army can of bully beef...😉

steve is not here!

@@ulrichquoos9274 you should be aware that steve is a legend ... steve is in all mre video even if you don't see it is presence is there @Steve1989MREinfo

@@chrisaudi1593 AND BE THE fORCE WITH HIM

Commercial food with no preservatives. They use fat, sugar and packaging process to keep them shelf stable. You can buy most stuff on the EPA in normal german grocery stores. The canned bread and biscuits are hard to find.

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US MRE has a 5 year shelf life requirement. Other countries is usually 3 years. The food has to be different (typically in ways that make it less good) to last 5 years.

Different logistic chains. The classic EPA like this where designed when the german army was training where it would die in case of WW3. So they could go with heavy/bulky food. And most troops (except paratroops) would operate with/close to their vehicles. Throwing a fee EPA on the 2to Unimog never was a problem.

Keep in the package or your cargo pockets. The cookies and chocolate are sturdy and heat resistant