Everyone knows that servicemen often live in conditions in which they are unable to cook hot food for themselves. In this case, they use army dry rations, designed to be taken by one or more people for a certain time (usually three days). Since ancient times, the military has been trying to save products for a long time, when it became necessary to carry out land or sea voyages. Dry ration, or IRP, is designed to provide the human body with the necessary energy and nutrients. It may include various foods. What exactly is in it? We’ll talk about this today.
IRP-1 - what is it?
Under the IRP should mean rations or, in other words, an individual diet. The number indicates which type of food is used (there are seven) in accordance with the product tab option. No. 1 indicates that the ration was compiled by the first styling number. This ration is designed for three meals a day and is used in everyday activities. The total weight of it is more than one and a half kilograms, while the weight of the products themselves is about one kilogram of three hundred grams. The energy value of IRP-1 has more than three thousand kilocalories.
Rations in the old days
At the initial stage of military history, troops of many countries were given rations in the so-called natural form. For example, it could be wheat, which was allocated up to one kilogram per day. But this method was inconvenient for troops who were in the war or on campaigns. In such cases, a camp kitchen was organized. This happened until the mid-nineteenth century.
Nowadays
Sukhpayk army today provides a long shelf life of products. Food kits have nutritional properties that are carefully calculated in a laboratory way and tested in action. All products undergo special processing and are suitable in any form (dry and heated).
Composition of dry soldering
Any individual diet ( including IRP-1 ) includes canned food, freeze-dried and dried foods, biscuits or crackers, food additives, vitamins, hygiene products, dishes, dry fuel, and also means for disinfecting drinking. Water is not part of the IRP. As a rule, it is issued separately, and it can also be mined locally.
Structure
The composition of IRP-1 includes the following products: four packs of wheat bread, one can of canned Slavic porridge with beef, one can of vegetable stew with meat, one can of natural beef, sliced pepper, chocolate paste; concentrate for making a drink, condensed milk, one fruit stick with plum filling, three bags of sugar, salt and pepper, three bags of black tea. In addition to all this, IRP-1 includes: multivitamins, a portable heater, matches, paper and disinfectant wipes, a plastic spoon, an opener for canned food, and a water purifier.
Dry soldering requirements
A modern dry pack should meet the following requirements:
- Everything included in the IRP-1 must have a long shelf life. Fresh foods cannot be included in it.
- All products must be easy to prepare or ready to eat.
- Products should not contain allergic components, and should also be easily absorbed without causing gastrointestinal upset.
- Dry solder packaging should be made of such material that it does not get wet or contaminated.
- A ration should be energetically valuable.
Prohibited Foods
IRP-1 contains only those components that do not require long preparation and do not spoil a large period of time. Do not use the following to complete it:
- Products that deteriorate quickly, as well as those that require special storage conditions.
- Dishes with spicy spices, alcohol, caffeine, apricot kernel kernels, cooking fats and other harmful ingredients.
- Dirty fruits and vegetables that deteriorate quickly, including exotic ones.
- Products for which there is no documentary evidence of their safety and quality.
Recommendations for use
To prepare boiling water or heating products, you need to use a portable heater. Usually it is dry fuel in tablets (three pieces). To do this, disconnect the grater, taganka and packaging with tablets, bend the taganka wind deflectors to the side where the recesses for dry fuel are bent ninety degrees. They take out a tablet, ignite it on a grater and put it inside the taganka, over which a mug of water or canned food is set. After completion of heating, the heater is folded back to its original position. In order to rekindle another fuel, matches are used. The product intended for disinfecting water (Aquabriz tablet) is dipped in a container of water, shaken and allowed to stand for about thirty minutes. One tablet is designed for one liter of water. Multivitamins, which look like dragees, are used during breakfast. Meat with vegetables is recommended for breakfast or lunch.
Possible changes in dry soldering
IRP-1 army in recent years may be slightly different in composition from previous ones. For example, condensed milk is no longer added to it, because it cannot be stored for a long time. But then there was canned lard, canned mackerel, dried pollock. In addition to fruit sticks, the new rations include chocolate, as well as sugar-free Orbit chewing gum, which is a good substitute for a toothbrush in the field.
Consumers
IRP-1 mainly issued to people who are military. But they are important not only for this category of people, dry rations are well suited for tourists, geologists, fishermen and hunters, security officials. An IRP can also be issued to workers who work on a rotational basis, to the crew of aircraft, which makes long flights, submarines, ships, rescuers, and various humanitarian organizations. In general, this is an indispensable product for all those who need a backup power supply that does not require special storage conditions, has a low weight and a long service life.
Reviews, or why ordinary people get dry rations
According to numerous surveys of ordinary people who use dry packs for their needs, it became clear that the IRP is quite convenient to use. There are several reasons why ordinary people get dry rations:
- No need to waste time searching for the necessary products in stores and in the market. Everything you need is already contained in one pack of dry pack.
- Brazing has a long shelf life, which is very beneficial.
- IRP withstands temperature extremes, does not deteriorate even at a temperature of thirty-five degrees Celsius.
- They have a high calorie content, they do not have any unhealthy components (dyes, flavorings and other additives).
- Relatively low price, which is consistent with the quality of the products.
Dry packs of other countries
In the United States, there are several options for dry rations, which vary in terms of their use. The products included in their composition are also different. In other countries, either the Russian or American version of the IRP is used. In addition, the menu may include dishes that are customary to cook in certain countries. For example, in Australia, IP includes vejimight (a thick paste of yeast and vegetable extract), and in South Korea, kimchi (sauerkraut with spicy seasonings).