https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-makes-c-rations-different-from-mres <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 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:07:17 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-makes-c-rations-different-from-mres <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 SPC Mark Beard Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:07:17 -0500 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-makes-c-rations-different-from-mres?n=477932&urlhash=477932 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Day and night if you ask me, or am missing the point? SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:08:36 -0500 2015-02-15T15:08:36-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-makes-c-rations-different-from-mres?n=477979&urlhash=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. SGT Jim Z. Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:36:54 -0500 2015-02-15T15:36:54-05:00 2015-02-15T15:07:17-05:00