SPC Mark Beard 477931 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>when i was in the army and then gaurd we had crats 79- to 84 we used our p-38 can openers to cut vents in one can and if we had a hafe cs tab What makes C-Rations different from MREs? 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00 SPC Mark Beard 477931 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>when i was in the army and then gaurd we had crats 79- to 84 we used our p-38 can openers to cut vents in one can and if we had a hafe cs tab What makes C-Rations different from MREs? 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00 SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA 477932 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Day and night if you ask me, or am missing the point? Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Feb 15 at 2015 3:08 PM 2015-02-15T15:08:36-05:00 2015-02-15T15:08:36-05:00 SGT Jim Z. 477979 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I never had C-Rats so I cannot tell you how the food tasted. From the MRE standpoint it depended on what you got and over the years they continued to improve them. Most MREs came with Chiclet gum though some people claimed it to be Ex-lax, cheese spread or peanut butter, crackers, a small condiment pouch of salt, pepper, hot sauce, napkin. Response by SGT Jim Z. made Feb 15 at 2015 3:36 PM 2015-02-15T15:36:54-05:00 2015-02-15T15:36:54-05:00 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00