Raglan's Modern Conflicts (Hollywood Style)

[carlos marighela]

British tanks have BVs, American tanks, it seems, have beer holding smoke dischargers. Do Russian AFVs have samovars or is the presence of hydraulic fluid or anti-freeze seen as a sufficient source of libation? Inquiring minds must know.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

British tanks have BVs, American tanks, it seems, have beer holding smoke dischargers. Do Russian AFVs have samovars or is the presence of hydraulic fluid or anti-freeze seen as a sufficient source of libation? Inquiring minds must know.

Unsupported rumour has it that beer coolers (fridges) were a mandatory requirement for Bradley's. Very useful when deployed in Northern Europe in the winter.

[HESH]

We put all our cans  and  fresh food like sausage and bacon in the charge bin containers. Being hollow walled containers containing coolant they kept everything nice and cold.

We also popped a can of coke in the infantry tank telephone and told the infantry it was a drinks dispenser and when you opened the armoured access door the cold can dropped out.

[HESH]

At one stage I had two BVs . One on a very long lead to cook on the ground or on top of the turret when a Troop Hide. Luxury!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[Jemima Fawr]

We put all our cans  and  fresh food like sausage and bacon in the charge bin containers. Being hollow walled containers containing coolant they kept everything nice and cold.

We also popped a can of coke in the infantry tank telephone and told the infantry it was a drinks dispenser and when you opened the armoured access door the cold can dropped out.

QOH wasn't it, Jon?

Why aren't you using your old login of SABOT?

[Ultravanillasmurf]

At one stage I had two BVs . One on a very long lead to cook on the ground or on top of the turret when a Troop Hide. Luxury!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Now that is ingenuity.

I have to admit the device looks rather posh, BV always brought to my mind the rather exposed electric ring in the cab of British Railways standard diesel shunters (it looked like it had been cannablised from a 1950s cooker).

[Lord Raglan]

Us poor infantrymen didn’t have such luxuries 🙄

[carlos marighela]

Not so. Luxury abounded. 

A while back I was digging through a pile of crap in the spare room and came across a somewhat battered but recognisable hexamine stove. The absolute cutting edge in outdoor cooking circa 1940 something.

Just the sight of a tin of evaporated milk brings back memories of the execrable, mostly inedible and largely impractical 'ten man ration pack'.

My wife contributed to this less than pleasant wander down memory lane not long ago by innocently (?) purchasing a can of off-brand corned beef. While the fat/gristle content was not quite the 80% of the infamous 'Luncheon Meat, Types 1 & 2' it was clear that the manufacturers had captured the spirit of the thing. An homage to the 24 hour rat pack if you will.

Try telling that to the youth of today and they won't believe you.

[Jemima Fawr]

Not so. Luxury abounded. 

A while back I was digging through a pile of crap in the spare room and came across a somewhat battered but recognisable hexamine stove. The absolute cutting edge in outdoor cooking circa 1940 something.

Just the sight of a tin of evaporated milk brings back memories of the execrable, mostly inedible and largely impractical 'ten man ration pack'.

My wife contributed to this less than pleasant wander down memory lane not long ago by innocently (?) purchasing a can of off-brand corned beef. While the fat/gristle content was not quite the 80% of the infamous 'Luncheon Meat, Types 1 & 2' it was clear that the manufacturers had captured the spirit of the thing. An homage to the 24 hour rat pack if you will.

Try telling that to the youth of today and they won't believe you.

I'll have you know that Mrs Fawr was always quite partial to the tins of Cheese Possessed that I used to bring home.  She clearly has no taste, but then she did marry me... My Nan was also very keen on those plastic lids designed to seal the open tins (I think she had a side-deal, selling them at the Women's Institute). 

It's interesting reading 1944/45 memoirs, when they enthusiastically describe the 'new' ten-man compo rations and list the contents.  They were clearly exactly the same as ours, except that by the 1980s we didn't get the ciggies!  However, tastes had moved on during the intervening 45 years and we found them utterly disgusting.  It just goes to show just how bad the previous rations were, let alone food at home during wartime Rationing.

[Lord Raglan]

Cold War Gets Hotter - And so the new modern terrain project begins with some street planning. This is just a fraction of a European suburb we have in the pipeline. Our friendly neighbour printing genesis @Sabotag3dPrint has helped bring this concept to life. Watch this space for further up-dates shortly 😉

[carlos marighela]

I knew a bloke who worked at the Kraft factory. They did a run of the ration pack tinned cheese every four years, according to Jimmy. We were fucking amazed it was so frequent. I've never come across anything quite like it. It had the texture, consistency and flavour of a squash ball.

When I first started eating ration packs there were still the occasional packs floating around containing something called 'Vienna sausage'. I think Bismarck's quote about the making of sausages was never so apt. By the time I stopped eating army food there were bland and yet exciting options like 'beef tortellini' in the 24 hour packs.  Bottles of Tabasco and Lea & Perrins were still required but finally the Vietnam War had ended, at least in a culinary sense.

Still, looking back it was all a damn site better than what they fed us as at school. That was sub-borstal fare.

[carlos marighela]

Wow! Those are nice looking buildings. I see an order coming up.

[Jemima Fawr]

Seconded.  Those look amazing.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

They look good, as do the walls and fences.

[mikedemana]

The chain link fences are awesome... 

Mike Demana