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German rations were issued on a scale according to the duties and locations of the troops, there were 4 scales of ration: [5] Ration I (Verpflegungssatz I) is for troops committed to combat, for those that are recuperating from combat, and for troops stationed in Norway north of 66° N. Latitude.
The primary operational ration used by the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Merida Eidikon Dynameon (Special Forces' Ration, also known as a 4B-ration), a 24-hour ration pack inside a cardboard box measuring 240 mm × 140 mm × 130 mm (9.4 in × 5.5 in × 5.1 in) and weighing 1 kg (2.2 lb). Most items are commercially procured, with the main meals ...
A garrison ration is a type of military ration that, depending on its use and context, could refer to rations issued to personnel at a camp, installation, or other garrison; allowance allotted to personnel to purchase goods or rations sold in a garrison (or the rations purchased with allowance); a type of ration; or a combined system with distinctions and differences depending on situational ...
Names used for field rations vary by military and type, and include combat ration, food packet, ration pack, battle ration, iron ration, or meal ready-to-eat (MRE); the latter is widely used but informal, and more accurately describes a specific U.S. field ration, the design and configuration of which has been used worldwide since its introduction.
United States military ration refers to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison rations, and the military nutrition research conducted in relation to military food. U.S. military rations are often made for quick distribution, preparation, and eating in the field and tend to have long storage times in adverse ...
In World War II, Scho-Ka-Kola was colloquially known as the "Aviator Chocolate" (German Fliegerschokolade), as it was commonly provided with Luftwaffe pilot and crew rations to induce or extend wakefulness and alertness, especially on night-bombing missions, and was also issued to flight crews in blue canisters as emergency sea-survival rations (German Seenotpackung).
B-Stand – Dorsal (top of fuselage) defensive gunner's position on aircraft. Backbord (Bb) – Port side of a ship. Balkenkreuz – equal-armed black cross flanked in white, the emblem used on German Empire and Third Reich military aircraft and vehicles from March/April 1918 until V-E Day
A ration stamp of the city of Erfurt, 1917 for 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of turnips per week The Turnip Winter ( German : Steckrübenwinter , pronounced [ˈʃtɛkʁyːbn̩ˌvɪntɐ] ) of 1916 to 1917 was a period of profound civilian hardship in Germany during World War I .