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Decided to make some accessories for one of my models (not the Jeep, it's only there for scale comparison).

C-rations, or Combat-rations, were the standard rations of the US Army from 1938 onwards. Packaging of C-rations came in two versions: wooden boxes, and later on cardboard boxes. Each box, wood or cardboard, contained 48 cans, making up 8 daily rations of 6 cans - three 'B-units' containing bread and three 'M-units containing meat - which were designed to cover the daily need of a soldier. They were also pretty unpalatable.

Despite negative feedback over the unpalatable nature of C-rations and their repetitive nature (they were supposed to be consumed for short periods only, and regularly supplemented by other types of rations), as well as complaints over the unwieldy nature of the packaged rations (one box weighed 40 lbs), C-rations became standard fare of the US Army, and were even standardised in revised versions in favour of other rations after the War as a cost-cutting measure. Issued in the original C (1938-1948), C-2 (1948-1951), C-3 (1951-1953) and C-4 form (1954-1958), they were phased out of production in 1958 in favour of MCI (Meal, Combat, Individual) rations (1958-1980), but continued to be issued from surplus stocks to frontline troops well into the Vietnam War.

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It's hard to make them in this scale though. v_v

Description
Decided to make some accessories for one of my models (not the Jeep, it's only there for scale comparison).

C-rations, or Combat-rations, were the standard rations of the US Army from 1938 onwards. Packaging of C-rations came in two versions: wooden boxes, and later on cardboard boxes. Each box, wood or cardboard, contained 48 cans, making up 8 daily rations of 6 cans - three 'B-units' containing bread and three 'M-units containing meat - which were designed to cover the daily need of a soldier. They were also pretty unpalatable.

Despite negative feedback over the unpalatable nature of C-rations and their repetitive nature (they were supposed to be consumed for short periods only, and regularly supplemented by other types of rations), as well as complaints over the unwieldy nature of the packaged rations (one box weighed 40 lbs), C-rations became standard fare of the US Army, and were even standardised in revised versions in favour of other rations after the War as a cost-cutting measure. Issued in the original C (1938-1948), C-2 (1948-1951), C-3 (1951-1953) and C-4 form (1954-1958), they were phased out of production in 1958 in favour of MCI (Meal, Combat, Individual) rations (1958-1980), but continued to be issued from surplus stocks to frontline troops well into the Vietnam War.

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It's hard to make them in this scale though. v_v