6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Surprisingly enough I am 99% serious in asking this. In my Camping Equipment I always carry a certain amount of the cheapest Vodka available as a cleaning Agent, Fire Starter, disinfectant, pain killer, Anti Freeze, etc. It's the Do-All Fluid and I imagine it must have had its place in War Time Russia as well. Especially considering the Conditions fought in, for everything including Treatment of Wounds. Was there a Set Amount issued to the Common Troops?
Feathered_IV Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 If you are in the front lines, you got 100 grams. However as you are only going camping, you would get the rear echelon ration of 50 grams.
1PL-Husar-1Esk Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) In time of Peter the Great - one soldier got 1,5 liter per day and 2 liters for navy (because some could easily slipped away) for consumption. Unbelievable but true! Reading memoirs of Alexander Pokryshkin they got hundred. Edited June 26, 2017 by 307_Tomcat
6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted June 26, 2017 Author Posted June 26, 2017 water is been always poisonous Well, Human Consumption of Fresh Water wasn't common until recently.
Finkeren Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Well, Human Consumption of Fresh Water wasn't common until recently. In most cultures. There are plenty of exceptions.
=TBAS=Sshadow14 Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 yeah that dirty Dihydrogen Monoxide is poisoning our atmo and governments not willing to help :|
Brano Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 In time of Peter the Great - one soldier got 1,5 liter per day and 2 liters for navy (because some could easily slipped away) for consumption. Unbelievable but true! Reading memoirs of Alexander Pokryshkin they got hundred. Navy ration,so called "charka", in 18th century Russian navy was 1/100 of barrel which equals to 0.125 liter.
6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted June 26, 2017 Author Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) In most cultures. There are plenty of exceptions. Well, Fresh Water was mostly an Emergency Alternative for poor People because it simply carried such a large Risk of catching something giving you all kinds of Infections. Edited June 26, 2017 by 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann
Cloyd Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Navy ration,so called "charka", in 18th century Russian navy was 1/100 of barrel which equals to 0.125 liter. That's still a significant daily "buzz". Maybe not for your average sailor, though, but probably for your average human. Cloyd Edited June 26, 2017 by Cloyd
Brano Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) That's still a significant daily "buzz". Maybe not for your average sailor, though, but probably for your average human. Cloyd I think Tomcat misinterpreted the numbers as 1.5 to 2 liters was more probably an average daily wine consumption of Peter the Great himself :D Edited June 27, 2017 by Brano
unreasonable Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 The Royal Navy rum ration was 1/8th of a pint = 71ml handed out diluted 1 rum to 2 water (with added lime juice!) This was fairly well standardized and regulated, but I think it is hard to compare various sources exactly since there is no knowing how diluted the various drinks might have been, military suppliers and quartermasters being as they are..... but somewhere about 50-150 ml per day sounds plausible.
ZachariasX Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 The Royal Navy rum ration was 1/8th of a pint = 71ml handed out diluted 1 rum to 2 water (with added lime juice!) .... The field version of the Gin Fizz then.
72AG_Crusader Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 Paying attention to usage of vodka* in IL-2 NS-37 muzzle brakes, it was extreme amounts needed for aviation and common troops was happy to ask some vodka from air forces * 99% alcohol exactly
Cpt_Cool Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Tell me, have you ever seen a ruskie drinking water? No. What do they drink? Vodka that's right. Have you noticed that I only ever drink fresh rainwater and pure grain alcohol?...Now is it all becoming clear?
Finkeren Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Tell me, have you ever seen a ruskie drinking water? No. What do they drink? Vodka that's right. Have you noticed that I only ever drink fresh rainwater and pure grain alcohol?...Now is it all becoming clear? I think the original quote says "commie" and not "ruskie".
AndyJWest Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Is it true the Pyramids were built on a diet of beer and cheese? (personal freedom issues aside) Beer and bread, more likely. As for personal freedom, amongst the artefacts archaeologists have found at a settlement for pyramid builders is a message explaining why one of them wasn't coming in to work - he was taking time off to brew some beer and drink it. Try that with your boss... 1
Cpt_Cool Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 I think the original quote says "commie" and not "ruskie". I was going off of memory on that one haha
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