C combat ration is a kind of canned prefabricated wet ration, C combat ration is the first proposed by the United States Army to provide soldiers with food needs in the harsh battlefield environment.

C rations were developed in 1938 and were officially installed in the troops in 1940. The U.S. Army's C combat rations are specifically designed for use in actual combat conditions without field canteens, and are required to be easy for individual soldiers to carry and meet the nutritional and caloric needs of three meals.

C rations are generally in boxes, with 48 cans per box, and are fed by 8 squad soldiers. The contents of the C Battle Rations are packed in 6 small tin cans and an accessory pack.

Three of the canned tin foods are meat-containing foods, officially known as Ingredient M. The other three canned tin foods are cereals, officially known as Ingredient B.

Six canned food make up a day's rations, and in most cases the US military eats cold food, and it can also be heated and eaten if conditions permit.

Ingredient B is available in a variety of recipes: there are biscuits, mixed compressed cereals, sugar-coated peanut kernels or raisins, instant coffee, cane sugar, instant lemon or orange powder, fruit sugar, jam, cocoa drink powder, and brown milk sugar.

When the logistics staff prepares the meal, they can add different ingredients according to different recipes. For example, the B1 combination is: biscuits, compressed cereal, coffee, sugar cubes, iced peanut kernels.

The B4 combination is the same as the B1, except that the chocolate chips are used instead of the sugar-coated peanut kernels. There are several recipes for M ingredients: there are meat and legumes, meat pieces and vegetables, meat and macaroni, bacon, eggs and potatoes, meat and noodles, pork and rice, sausages and beans, pork and beans, bacon and lima beans, chicken and vegetables.

These things are cooked and divided into tin cans, packed in wooden boxes or cardboard boxes and transported to the front. When the logistics staff prepares the meal, it is combined according to different catering schemes.

For example: the M1 combination scheme includes ham, eggs and potatoes, meat and beans, chicken, vegetables; The M4 combination includes pork and beans, meat, macaroni, ham, lima beans.

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