LRP ration - Wikipedia
The overuse of heavy canned wet rations reached a ludicrous extreme during the early years of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, when American soldiers on extended infantry patrol were forced to stack their canned rations in socks to minimize weight and noise.
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Dec 4, 2020 · The LRP ration (pronounced LURP and standing for Long Range Patrol ration) was a U.S. Army field ration, developed in 1964 during the Vietnam Conflict. LRP rations were designed to be lightweight and easily portable, a precursor of the U.S. military’s current Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) field ration.
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LRP Rations. Natick Labs designed the Long Range Patrol (LRP) food packet for long-range reconnaissance troops, who found the standard C-Ration to be too heavy. The packets weighed 11oz, approximately a third of the weight of the c-rations, …
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The LRRP ration (pronounced LuRP and standing for Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol ration) was a U.S. Army field ration, developed in 1966/1967 during the Vietnam Conflict (1959-75) for use by Special Operations troops on long patrols deep in enemy territory.
Long-range reconnaissance patrol - Wikipedia
U.S. Army Rangers L.R.R.P. team leader and radiotelephone operator, Vietnam, 1968. A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP, is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory. [1] The concept of scouts dates back to the origins of warfare itself.
When US Army conventional infantry units began to arrive in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam) in May 1965 they found a country of rugged mountains and hills, open plains, dense forests, and vast delta marshes and swamps. The climate was hot, humid, and dry – or hot, humid, and wet.
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We ate C-rations and freeze dried LRRP rations exclusively.” – Sergeant J. Fred Waterman, describing life in the jungle of III Corps in his memoir “My Story.” An infantryman eats food rations from cans during the Vietnam War. – photo curtesy Corbis