Introducing the DRI

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Thanks for those links, some enlightening reading.
Good to see that people actually acknowledge something soldiers have been saying for years - too many ration packs = constipation - so it will be interesting to see the impact of this new type of ration on that side of things.

Considering that we get something like 70% of the water content needed to aid digestion, from the actual food itself, I wonder if they're going to expect or even ask, US troops to carry more water to help prevent problems like constipation... which kind of defeats the point of removing the moisture from the food in the first place?

[mmartin798]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

Considering that we get something like 70% of the water content needed to aid digestion, from the actual food itself, I wonder if they're going to expect or even ask, US troops to carry more water to help prevent problems like constipation... which kind of defeats the point of removing the moisture from the food in the first place?

Since the desire is to reduce the volume and weight so that they can operate longer without resupply, they expect them to find water in theater. That or have a tanker truck following them.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by mmartin798

Since the desire is to reduce the volume and weight so that they can operate longer without resupply, they expect them to find water in theater. That or have a tanker truck following them.

Which of course can bring it's own problems and while the military of most nations can afford the logistics to provide water purification/filtration and/or supply extra water, it could be a problem for a Project team who were supplied with this type of ration.

And I mean that from a gaming potential rather than trying to enforce realism or anything like that - I like the survival aspect to this and many 'survival' games don't really push the food/water issue that much, something like this can bring it back into focus.