"Rations" in the late Twilight War

[Legbreaker]

If you've got 1st ed you've basically got everything as far as unit histories go. The vast majority was simply cut and pasted into the 2nd ed books with slight alterations to account for changes in tech (the deletion of M1A2 "Giraffe" and inclusion of the M8 for example).

1998 and 1999 were, on the whole, periods of recovery and rebuilding after the nuclear devestation of late 1997. It's doubtful anything beyond raids could have been carried out in Europe during this time, however in areas such as the middle east where fuel was still plentiful and nukes scarcer, the fighting continued. 2000 in my opinion, was the first time a large scale offensive was possible in Europe - it had taken that long to get the participant units back into a reasonably capable shape again.

1998 particularly would have been hard. Almost nobody would have had enough food to eat as the cantonment system had not yet been implemented to any significant degree. Organised farming would have been a rarity so the only crops available would have been whatever was growing wild. Pre nuke food stocks plus whatever could be foraged would really have been all there was to eat.

1999 is likely to have been a significant improvement in many ways with organised farming by military units becoming a priority, however pre nuke stocks are likely to have been virtually exhausted.