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EAT EXACTLY WHAT WW2 SOLDIERS ATE! Since 2020, Hero Rations hasspecialized in creating the most authentic reproduction World War II rationsavailable today. Their products are meticulously crafted to replicate the look,feel, and content of original wartime rations, making them ideal forcollectors, reenactors, and history enthusiasts. Each ration pack is made to behistorically accurate, using original reference materials, photographs, anddocumentation to ensure precise replication. From the packaging design to thelabels and the contents themselves, Hero Rations strives to deliver a trulyimmersive experience using over 240 different products and ingredients sourcedfrom all over the world.
We go to great lengths to source or recreate the food items thatwould have been included in WWII rations, such as canned goods, biscuits,candy, and beverages. All of the consumable items are fully edible and made andpackaged to GMP food safety standards. Many of the contents are also reusable,like sturdy metal cans and containers, adding practicality and sustainabilityto their appeal, especially for reenactors and living historians. Hero Rationsblends historical accuracy with quality and reusability, providing a genuinetaste of history in every ration we produce.
Our fully edible and historically accurate C Rations are madeusing the correct sized and seamed cans from WW2, but designed to be openedfrom the top and reclosed, instead of a single use can using a scored seamalong the edge. In addition to the can dimensions, the can markings and diestamping are accurate for mid and late war. We have three early war and threelate war B unit and M Unit variations available! See our other sales for theother types!
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This listing is for two cans – B unit and M unit! The WW2 C Rationwas issued as two cans for each meal a single - B Unit and single M Unit. Afull day ration would three meals so six cans total. The early war cocoabeverage powder B unit comes in the correct sized can with lithographed lid,with reverse die date stamping just like originals. Inside are a set of fivehistorically-accurate biscuits, produced according to 1943 QMC documentationfor the recipe. These biscuits are made with different flours, invert sugar,sucrose, soda, malt powder, lard/shortening, milk powder and salt. They aremade to the correct size and hole pattern as period examples in our collection.A small glassine or paper separator tops the biscuits like originals toseparate the biscuits from the other contents in the can. Also inside is aglassine sachet of cocoa beverage powder and individually wrapped fudge candies(or large fudge square).
Also accompanying the B Unit is the M Unit. Our M Unit cans are designed just like the B Units. They come filled with freeze dried Meat and Vegetable Stew - just add water (hot preferably), stir and enjoy.
NOTES:
Biscuits can crack in transit. The period-correct packaging wasnot designed to keep them full intact and safe. Nearly every period can I’veopened had at least one broken biscuit.
Please see our other listings for more varieties of the B Unitsand M Unit sets!
