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Originally Posted by Stefan
Back to the point though, I rather like the Soviet eating system, a small bucket and a spoon that you had to bring from home. Some soldiers even had German mess kits (which were copied and manufactured in the USSR as well..
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I have read German accounts where they were amazed at how little the Red Soldier could survive on. They would ley seige to positions that should have caved in due to lack of rations but the red soldier fought on.
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Originally Posted by Stefan
As for food, maybe as a followup to Mr Goldsteins story, my grandfather told me that at one point in Italy a friend of his used ration tins to make the walls of a shelter for someone to cook in. Eventually the yanks turned up and pinched all the ration boxes leaving a thank you note and their c-rations in exchange.
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That's American bartering for you