Created in 1941, they were the most famous field rations of that war

A complete report about the K-rations of the American soldiers of the World War II

Esp 6·08·2022 · 22:50 0

The nutrition of the soldiers is something very important in all wars, but to which not much attention is usually paid in the media and history books.

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Recently, the always interesting Spanish YouTube channel Tropa Guripa dedicated a very complete video to talk about the history of K-rations, created in 1941 by Ancel Keys and which became the most famous field rations of World War II, which They were used by American soldiers. In the video, Óscar Galansky shows us very good reproductions of these rations that are used in historical military reenactments. The video is in Spanish, but has subtitles in English and French:

In the description of the video there are two links where you can download the patterns to make these K-ration boxes yourself: the French website US Militaria and the American website 90thidpg.us.

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