TR New line of rations for Turkish Army

[Ripley]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1921186748127657987

“Light in weight but rich in content, modern rations for Mehmetçik! [*Turkish Soldiers]


— The Turkish Armed Forces have re-formed [*recreated] ration packages of Turkish soldiers, especially for the first three days of the intense operational phase.

— In this context; the weight of the daily food package (3273kcal) was reduced from 2.5kg to 1.1kg.

— In addition, the Ministry of National Defence Pharmaceutical Factory Directorate started the production of the 'Electrolyte Support Product', which has a much richer content, instead of the 'Salt Tablet'.”

other than removing old salt tablets from packs and reducing weight of the pack by half, I can’t see any improvements.
I can only see couple of MRE pouches. The rest are old fashioned foods and supplements such as canned wet food, consumer level bars and so on.
I am really having difficulty to understand this resistance from Ministry of Defense to modern MRE studies that could be conducted by institutes of technology and related university studies.

Not much improvement here, I’m afraid. Will share as new content info comes up.

 

[Sanchez]

I am really having difficulty to understand this resistance from Ministry of Defense to modern MRE studies that could be conducted by institutes of technology and related university studies.

Soldiers like real food, very simple. Will never beat fresh produce with MREs filled with additives.

 

[Ripley]

Soldiers like real food, very simple. Will never beat fresh produce with MREs filled with additives.

Do you mean MREs will never beat fresh cooked real food?
If it is, I agree and so would any combat veteran who spent days at an end at battlefield. Their best moments are when they get to have their well earned “hot chow”.

This thing is really a moral multiplier for any foot soldier.
It’s been decades now and it has to be taken care of is what I say.