Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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de Except for powdared whole ml~,powdered whole<br />
eggs and fa”ClYstals, dehydrated and concentrated fooas<br />
nust be oxoluded. This is necessary booausa this ration 1.dll<br />
be used in operation whore there’will not be tiRe or oaportunity,<br />
first to purify mtor wd, seoond, to rooonstitutc dohydrated<br />
item. Cross Wight should not oxceed 75 lbs, Five<br />
proposed menus for R 12-in-1 conposite-paoircd rs.tion cre attachQd<br />
as Exhibit ‘T”.<br />
BI A Can OPQner, mntohes, cigarettes, mtor 3uyifioation<br />
element md latrine ;>apes should bc included.<br />
-f . Eaoh oaso must contain three hating units.<br />
These w ill yovide enouzh hoating units to su7oly weil .~I.oU~~S<br />
soparated from their coolciny; facilltios.<br />
8. Casos should bo of seaeonod t!’.nbor, battcnsd and<br />
suitably strappod.<br />
6. It is planned to us0 the proposcd 12-in-1 rctlon in<br />
opcrntions aftor tho initial assault phcsa. Its U ~ G:rill<br />
continuo inacfinitoly in the forward areas to vrhioh distri-<br />
bution of bulk rations is diffioult; troops in tho r6-ir ?mas<br />
~dll bo sup~iliod with Type ::Btf Ra.tion in biilk as early as<br />
praoticablo.<br />
7. It is propoacd to ;>rovido a 40 day suiyily of coqosite<br />
rations for 600,000 trooys, inolusivc of a mstsgo foctor.<br />
Total. roqulromonls Rro ostimatod et 24,000,000 retions,<br />
8. In rccowition of tho gros89nR nood, rv oifio6 hos<br />
dcmlopod a 12-in-1 cmposite-paoked ration usinn cayoncnts<br />
or tho ppo TF.” Ration aid offerin(: five ncnus. Lack of a2prcpriato<br />
items paokod in small containsrs‘will lMt this<br />
offort to rot Tiorc thm 3,OOO,OOO rations, Difficultios have<br />
been cncountaroti 01: those points:<br />
a. Cortain basic itens Faclrod in containor3 ovcraim<br />
for %he purposo havz haZ. to bc included (oX€ic~>lOS:<br />
Bacon in 12 lb. cans; arid o:gs iii 5 lb cans; proswfcd<br />
buttor in 5 Yo cans) , This has inoreased thd groas WiiW<br />
of tho omqosito pack wid v d l l unc‘oiibtedly rosult iil Sua3<br />
waste,<br />
b. CasillrP, zmtcrialo a10 In VGY s:’ort SUY~Y in<br />
tho Unitor Kingdom.<br />
0, Labor for bu.i.Xing 0886s and p.lCl:lnp, thm is<br />
also in sfiort supply.<br />
d. m1a avsraKz age of invontorics is on2 y ~ and r<br />
it is q,uostlonable that the assmiblinp, of lW30 gmtitios<br />
Of oon~oaits-paoksshould bo Rttoupted from any cXCGl)t the<br />
nowest stom.