I've mentioned this before, but "survival" gear was virtually useless in 'Nam. You were going to be either rescued or captured/killed within a few minutes to at most a few hours. The vest I wore was trimmed down to little more than signalling devices. Two radios, signal mirror, flares, smoke grenade, strobe light, and signal panels (nylon strips). That's about all. Even my .38 revolver was loaded with tracer rounds to be used as signal flares.
I saw that knife and was flooded with memories of my childhood and my father. I used to sneak into my father's toolbox and play with that exact knife that he was issued when I was a kid. He flew for the Air Force in Vietnam as a FAC. It was finally given to me when I was old enough and I used it for years in the Scouts. Nostalgia overload is what this is.
If you still have it, be careful, these knives were made with a defect in the tang (metal part of the blade in the handle) which warps and corrodes overtime due to the leather breaking down around it which makes the metal even more bendable then it already is, it's super easy to break now, I wouldn't use it for anything since the handle will be the first part to bend, a simple jab on the cutting board would probably snap
@@notjimpickens7928 you cannot baton with them either. Same reason why you can’t baton a kabar it will bend and snap at where the handle meets the blade. As long as you stress the knife with up or down is fine. Just don’t go side to side. Especially if it is corroded.
"Jenkins?! Good god man, you were shot down 40 klicks away only an hour ago! How in the hell did you manage to make it all the way back to base so fast through the most hellish jungle on Earth?!" "WellyouseeSirafterIlandedIopenedmysurvivalkitandfoundallthosewakeuptabletsandIknowitsaiditonlysaidtotaketwobutIpanickedandatethewholesheetandnexthingIkneweverythingwasagreenblurandIwasoutrunning7.62caliberbulletsImeanitwasreallysomethingyoushouldhaveseenitatonepointIalmost-(Jenkins collapses to the floor, immediately in a deep sleep) "...Get this man a medal and more wake-up tabs."
Grizzly - It was made by the *Rocket Jet Engineering Company...* with a name like that, what’s you expect? All kidding aside, this kit can be the difference between life and death... one of my brothers is a *B1-B* pilot and I’m *_always_* on him to make sure his similar kits are clean, intact and within the expiration. He is a member of the cricket club as he had to eject seconds after take-off when his plane had a *_complete_* hydraulics failure... there was some *_crucial_* step in the overhaul process that’d gone horribly wrong, thankfully he was _(mostly)_ totally ok... we’ve still not told our mother, she worries enough already !!
My dad worked for Chromealloy/ACR in the late 60's and he gave me one of those strobe lights. I distinctly remember the battery smelled like cheese when it was new back then.
We don't deserve Steve. I also love how a bunch of random UA-camrs from a bunch of different backgrounds find his videos as fascinating as I do. My man LGR and Babish both have both made references to his channel. It's hilarious. There is just something about his delivery and the passion for the content Steve covers. I can't respect the guy enough. You do you Steve. You're an inspiration for us all.
When I was in CAP late 70's, we used to get all sorts of gear, and one time received four of these. Us delinquents took the speed out of them, pretty serious speed, especially at 16. Had no idea the rarity.
Current CAP senior member and former Cadet. 6 years strong. Times sure have changed since then. There are talks of ELT turning to GPS for a much faster rescue time. No idea when that’s going to be implemented.
@@LoneWolf-kz5bo Cheers, and thanks. Imagined the change would come sooner or later. In event of a crash, they're still gonna need CAP to get out there. How has your mission expanded since the old days?
@@LrngMn not much has changed in our missions. I came from Michigan wing. Before they legalized marijuana, we had counter drug operations but those have nonexistent for the most part since then. Not sure if it was ever implemented in your time be we have UDF (urban Direction finding) team as well as our ground teams. UDF utilizes roadways as a back up to triangulating positions as well as a brief “fast response” before our aircraft become airborne. As far as that goes as well as GPS coming around slowly, not much has changed.
I grew up in the late 1960’s - early 1970’s, and much of the items in this kit, although was around, much was “high-tech” for the time. For example, in the 1960’s, Velcro was real cutting edge, NASA type stuff. I remember that Neosporin was available only by doctor’s prescription. Some of the oral meds were available over the counter. I grew up in suburban Washington, DC and remember seeing some of this stuff around, with military and NASA people living all over the place. I remember the fishing kits,, and as I remember the item you identified as an artificial bait, I thought I remembered that being a strip of lead weight, as the large chinch weight was pretty heavy. Oh yeah, the line was either 30-50 lb test Dacron line. Solar stills were huge in the Boy Scouts, and every survival class was taught by active duty military or someone from NASA in suburban DC. I’m surprised a Mylar space blanket wasn’t in the kit. It might be noted that many of the people developing kits such as these, or passing judgement on kits such as these were veterans of WWII or the Korean War. Lastly, the flare kits were advertised in the back of every magazine even remotely of interest to men or boys during the late 60’ and 1970’s. Excellent review and overview of the contents.
How do you find the utility value of the spices in the kit? Was it to boost morale of the soldier being out there in the jungle, eating tasteless food that he needed to catch all by himself, alone? I was very surprised to see such 'exclusive' items in a survival kit - in the end, it adds to the total weight and volume of a kit that is designed to increase your chances of survival, not having a great time in the woods/jungle.
Table of contents for anyone who would like to skip around a little bit. Intro, Radio, Strobe Light, & Camillus Knife: 0:00 - 5:09 Main Kit Pt. 1: 5:10 - 21:06 Fishing Kit & Mosquito Headnet & Mittens: 21:07 - 24:27 Main Kit Pt. 2: 24:28 - 35:50 Signal Kit: 35:51 - 37:01 Conclusion & Credits: 37:02 - 39:05
You can catch a wild animal, a wolf or maybe a bear and then thoroughly wash it with the dial soap and let it free. While the enemy is following the suspicious, flowery smelling, scent, you can use the neosporin and bandaids to patch up your scratch wounds and then escape.
Steve: If your going to activate/test any of your emergency beacons, make sure you do it during the first five minutes on the hour and for no longer than three audio sweeps of the beacon. ATC monitors both VHF and UHF Guard frequencies and and starts looking for downed aircraft of an ELT is heard outside of of the testing parameters.
I've got a PRC-90 radio, the version of the RT-10 that was used in the chest pack. There are modern Lithium-ion batteries available if you want to get it powered up again. Just make sure you know how to switch it to receive only mode since it will start broadcasting a tone on 243.0 MHz as soon as the antenna is pulled out, and that's still an international distress frequency today. ARG! I just saw your Prick-90. You are broadcasting on 243.0 MHz . It's a guard frequency monitored by all commercial and military aircraft. If an airplane is flying overhead and picks up that signal you're going to at least get a search and rescue mission generated in the area, even if no units are sent out. Best to leave it turned off until you're sure that signal isn't broadcasting.
@@skoopsro7656 Well, it's not likely to be a problem for a few seconds unless our hero is really unlucky, but it's not the kind of thing you want to leave on for minutes at a time. An airliner passing over at 30,000 feet could pick up the tone as far as 50 miles out, so there's a chance that things could go pear shaped if it's picked up. As you may tell from the first three letters of my screen name, I spent some time chasing false alarms from these things. Rex, glad you learned something about a rather obscure subject. Kathy, there are military radio collectors like me that collect these survival radios. I'd be happy to give Steve some information if he wants to get it safely running as a receiver.
Interesting. The seller of this VERY unique survival prototype left untouched both straight speed tablets and Propoxyphene which carries an above-decent narcotic punch. It’s extremely rare to find kits with scheduled drugs still in them. I’m betting our main man, Steve 1989, paid a pretty penny for this one ... “Nice” PS: it does my heart good to see a real knife in there
Darvon Compound? Schedule IV Wasn't that strong (mild to moderate pain) No longer on the market because it caused Cardiac Arrhythmias as well as ODs when abused.
My husband is a VN vet, it amazes me that the leather has held up as well as it has, no mildew or mold. This stuff is pretty awesome. I showed my hubby he watched a couple of seconds and had to move away, too many memories.
During my first tour in Iraq I was voluntold to assist one of the S3 guys flying the Raven drone. So I had to go out with him late at night for 4-5 hours and assist him with setting up the drone but also launching and retrieving it. After a couple of times having to hunt for this thing at night I decided I needed to try to make a couple of changes to this drone. 1 I velcroid a IR beacon to it. This was a small IR flasher I had that was supposed to clip to my uniform so it was pretty small and light weight. The 2nd thing I attached to it was a strope light. I mounted the light to the body on the opposite side of the IR beacon so the weight was evenly distributed on the drone. And then I taped chem lights under the wings so when it was closer to us we could start to see it. But the drone flew high enough up in the sky that even on calm days the chem lights couldn't be seen. The strobes all faced up so from the ground you didn't see them. The drone could actually carry a decent payload and still have plenty of battery to do its mission. These modifications made retrieval of the drone ALLOT easier than before. Often cutting 30 minutes out of our time. The reason I am sharing this is because the survival beacon with this kit is just a little bit bigger than the one I was issued when I went to Iraq. And damn near the same shape and style. So it kinda took me by surprise to see this and realize the one I was issued would have been easily identified during Vietnam lol. The OTHER 10+ year war. I served a total of 3.5 yrs in Iraq and now I feel like all of my time there was wasted like that of the guys who went to Vietnam. We all struggled and fought for each other. But in the end our efforts were wasted and pointless thanks to vote hungry politicians and Generals in the pentagon kissing every ass sitting on more funding. While the people in the trenches and battlefields pay the price. I will never say my time in Iraq was even remotely as shitty or hard as what the guys in Vietnam went through. Infact its always difficult to have those guys thank me when I came home on leave or from a tour. They deserve my thanks and respect. Not the other way around. Myself and my fellow soldiers did have our share of death and fighting. But it pales compared to guys who saw the kind of combat that makes you wonder how anyone lived through it.
My granddad was a Marine in Vietnam. Being a foot soldier, he was given the larger version of the knife. He traded his with a pilots because the pilots was lighter, and still has it.
My grandfather was a chopper pilot in nam' used to go in and rescue down pilots, he was lucky, he was never shot down but his chopper came back with a lot of holes
A 'friend' of mine found a little tin cylinder of those tablets many years ago. The first few were no good... apparently it had all leaked into the bottom of the tin, because those last few tablets were *extra* strong. The label just said "Energy tablets. Take as directed by C.O." .(*_*).
How about that Finnish soldier who was fleeing from the Russians and took his group's entire supply of Pervitin, skied 400 kilometers with no food, got injured by a landmine, and when finally taken to an hospital his heart rate was 200 bpm?
Remarkable they weren't looted out of the kit seeing as it was obviously picked over... Not up to the morphine (if included) or pain pills yet. ...Phenacetin? Is that worth stealing?
"Rocket Jet Engineering Corporation" THAT'S THE MOST BADASS NAME FOR A COMPANY I'VE EVER HEARD OF! WHAT DO THEY MAKE?!?!?! "uhhh, leg mounted packs of camping gear" "WAIT, WHAT?!?"
verdatum - it’s a much cooler name than the software company I worked for in high school in the mid-90s... *_”Quest 2000”_* (I’ve often wondered what they did after the end of 1999...)
I found notation on a website selling old RJEC stock notes: ROCKET JET ENGINEERING CORP. (CA) TEXT: Acquired by Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. (MI) 10/1/63 Each (4.6) shares Common 75[ par exchanged for (1) share Common $1 par Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. (MI) reincorporated under the laws of Delaware 7/12/67 which name changed to Gulf + Western Inc. 5/1/86 which name changed to Paramount Communications Inc. 6/5/89 which merged into Viacom Inc. 7/7/94
Steve is teaching the Earth to stay calm and be efficient with supplies and tools. In emergency situations, these lessons will save lives. Good Job Steve.
that aluminium sheet has another very important use, as wind shield and heat reflector for a fire, and to keep the light of a small pit fire contained.
Hermann Abt Funny you mention it .She had a kid come in for eating beer bottle glass and a small Florescent bulb a few years ago , the bulb got him sick from the chemical residue ...
Those survival knives are still issued in some parts of the army. My buddy was in the Illinois National Guard and they gave out those knives as 'incentive' for doing good. He just took one when he left the service lol
Really enjoyed watching that, seeing as my family served,my great uncle was a decorated pilot ,flew in WW2, Korean & Vietnam war..I was born January 14 1967..was cool seeing that kit
We used to buy those type of kits from the surplus stores for the pencil flares, smoke flare combos and strobe lights and wreak havoc in the suburbs with them when we were kids. They also had some with aluminum framed cloth box kites, radio wire and long burning flares.
Steve, as a fellow military enthusiast and pilot. This is an amazing comprehensive review. Glad to see none of those prior rations did you in. All ration reviewers are special. You guys document some interesting stuff.
Someone, somewhere in an old atc tower or training toc is freaking out because some guy is playing with the oh shit button on An old radio😂 Probably not😂 but it's a fun thing to think about.
Make sure the pencil flare launcher is cocked prior to inserting the flare. Some of the flares had sensitive primers, and would discharge if the spring on the firing pin was strong. Former Navy Parachute Rigger.
My husband bought this item in an army surplus 30+ years ago, didn't know what he had lolz. Thought he was king running around with this strapped to his leg in the sand dunes.
"Work like a Trojan" was a phrase that was familiar to every American man in 1967 because they learned of the Battle of Troy as school children, and that the city-state was a force to be reckoned with, alongside the likes of Athens and Sparta, largely because its citizens, the Trojans, could build defensive positions faster than anybody. The phrase describes an impressive work ethic.
I freaking love those radios Steve is using here. They really look like something that would be in a video game and not like a real piece of survival equipment. Going to see if I can find one online. Doesn’t need to work, but maybe I could tinker with it and get it working again
Steve1989MREInfo, yes! Both were terrific. This kit was really interesting. Thanks for walking through and explaining everything. Amazing how much they could fit into such a small space. The Finnish MRE was great as well. Surprised they didn’t vary the flavor more between the lunch and dinner mains. I really enjoy your vids and learn a ton. Thanks again. Looking forward to your next uploads. Cheers!
My dad was in the military during Nam and in the reserves after. We had lots of Nam era surplus stuff in the house when i was a kid. I remember similar items but not in that case. Hes gone now RIP and God bless him. It was a great memory jog. Thanks!
May I suggest Mr Carlsons Lab, as a collab, to restore the non working radio. The man takes things seriously and will get the radio working to standards batter than factory using standard practice, should you wish, or you could request to keep it in the realms of "ready to go and functional". I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but I respect what he does, and I reckon he'd use period correct hardware to diagnose issues, I think he may get a little kick out of it :)
Nice! This stuff is way too advanced for Mr Carlson. One thing I do respect about Mr Carlson is that he doesn't sodomize his electronics or his English, The man Pronounces SOLDER correctly.
Honestly Steve, you have the makings of a great series of books here, esp if you can include lots of pictures. Not to be hyperbolic, but you are doing a service for world military history.
There’s this stuff they sell at the pharmacy that’s called liquid bandages, you just paint it on with a little brush. It’s basically superglue, I’m sure they have a spray version too!
Test your 406 or 243 MHz ELT during the first five minutes after any hour, limit to three tone sweeps unless you want to initiate a SAR event. If you need to test outside this range, coordinate with Flight Services or a nearby FAA Control Tower. BTW 121.5 MHz is obsolete and unmonitored. However, if ATC hears it, they may start asking enroute flight crews to see if they can locate the signal origin based on strength. Cheers!
If you leave that beacon on, you are likely going to get a visit from people in uniform who will have absolutely no sense of humor. They are quite serious about responding to those ELT signals.
With how risky fires were, not to mention by the time it was probably safe to make one it was pouring rain. The ingenuity of that multitool was cool. Flares, saw, knife, pan handle.
“You definitely don’t wanna break your rubber” you’re damn right Steve.
That's one bit of advice my father gave me. "Always take precautions son. Give her a false name and address"
18 years is what that gets ya
A HILARIOUS moment 😂
🤣 good advice
and then 18yrs later u find out he/she wasn't yours
LOL
I've mentioned this before, but "survival" gear was virtually useless in 'Nam. You were going to be either rescued or captured/killed within a few minutes to at most a few hours. The vest I wore was trimmed down to little more than signalling devices. Two radios, signal mirror, flares, smoke grenade, strobe light, and signal panels (nylon strips). That's about all. Even my .38 revolver was loaded with tracer rounds to be used as signal flares.
You’re all over these videos, i love reading your stories, thank you for your service.
It was a duty but also an honor to serve. You'd love my two books about my 'Nam time. Google me.@@TroubleTwo
Rocky Raab what's the longest anyone went with out being rescued or apprehended?
Go to WIKI and look up Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo. The norm was you had a 1 in 5 chance if you weren't rescued in four hours. @@SpenserRoger
@@SpenserRoger he said a few hours
Some army official somewhere freaked out when the beacon went off.
chrisphoenix77 lol
"Sergeant, why are we getting a distress tone from a 50 year old radio?"
@@ConnorRK-nk8rg 75
@@morpheusgreene2704 lol
Dude I was thinking the same 🤣 imagine a platoon of guys rolling up to his house
I particularly like the teflon frying pan with the flare gun handle.
Too bad it's original teflon which is highly poisonous and carcinogenic.
@@CotyTernes that's part of the reason I loved teflon bullets.
He's about to eat the leg holater
I thought you were being facetious
Me to, that is nifty!
I saw that knife and was flooded with memories of my childhood and my father. I used to sneak into my father's toolbox and play with that exact knife that he was issued when I was a kid. He flew for the Air Force in Vietnam as a FAC. It was finally given to me when I was old enough and I used it for years in the Scouts. Nostalgia overload is what this is.
Nice, do you still have it?
If you still have it, be careful, these knives were made with a defect in the tang (metal part of the blade in the handle) which warps and corrodes overtime due to the leather breaking down around it which makes the metal even more bendable then it already is, it's super easy to break now, I wouldn't use it for anything since the handle will be the first part to bend, a simple jab on the cutting board would probably snap
@@notjimpickens7928 you cannot baton with them either. Same reason why you can’t baton a kabar it will bend and snap at where the handle meets the blade. As long as you stress the knife with up or down is fine. Just don’t go side to side. Especially if it is corroded.
34:00 “look at her... just...doing her thing” LOL
you can bet many lonely soldiers looked at her while doin their thing.
layzer80 Oh my god, that's hilarious!
Rofl
Let’s get these speed tablets out on a tray.....nice
He should test them.
"I'm feeling extremely motivated. Nice."
Nice
NiiCE
Basically old school adderall
Dave oh and these darvocet too, nice
Let's get that notification out on a tray. Nice.
Alright, cool.
You da man, Steve!
M'kay
Dude, this comment is gold!
Nice hiss
Dude listening to Steve review rations and survival kits just has a way if calming me down and his videos are just the best to chill out to
Great videos
I heavily agree!
💯
"Jenkins?! Good god man, you were shot down 40 klicks away only an hour ago! How in the hell did you manage to make it all the way back to base so fast through the most hellish jungle on Earth?!"
"WellyouseeSirafterIlandedIopenedmysurvivalkitandfoundallthosewakeuptabletsandIknowitsaiditonlysaidtotaketwobutIpanickedandatethewholesheetandnexthingIkneweverythingwasagreenblurandIwasoutrunning7.62caliberbulletsImeanitwasreallysomethingyoushouldhaveseenitatonepointIalmost-(Jenkins collapses to the floor, immediately in a deep sleep)
"...Get this man a medal and more wake-up tabs."
Nice work lol
hahahahha this is great!
erikm12 - best *DXM* comment *_ever !!_*
lol nice one
Meh, let poor Jenkins sleep...
I am just blown away by how much stuff is packed in there! Unreal
Grizzly - It was made by the *Rocket Jet Engineering Company...* with a name like that, what’s you expect? All kidding aside, this kit can be the difference between life and death... one of my brothers is a *B1-B* pilot and I’m *_always_* on him to make sure his similar kits are clean, intact and within the expiration. He is a member of the cricket club as he had to eject seconds after take-off when his plane had a *_complete_* hydraulics failure... there was some *_crucial_* step in the overhaul process that’d gone horribly wrong, thankfully he was _(mostly)_ totally ok... we’ve still not told our mother, she worries enough already !!
me luv you long time!
but with only 2 rubbers not that long!
Grizzly Me to.
That's what she said about my anus
@@jx592 What was she doing inside of it?
My dad worked for Chromealloy/ACR in the late 60's and he gave me one of those strobe lights. I distinctly remember the battery smelled like cheese when it was new back then.
We don't deserve Steve. I also love how a bunch of random UA-camrs from a bunch of different backgrounds find his videos as fascinating as I do. My man LGR and Babish both have both made references to his channel. It's hilarious. There is just something about his delivery and the passion for the content Steve covers. I can't respect the guy enough.
You do you Steve. You're an inspiration for us all.
Babish? As in cooking with babish? :O I'll have to pay attention to his episodes and rewatch them, as I've just found this channel
@@1207rorupar yep, that Babish.
I for one, saw *both* of those references!
My boy Clint!
2:48 , somewhere over Florida, a guard channel operator is freaking out, thinking someone ejected.
Huey is on its way asap..
Exactly my thoughts.
I was thinking the same thing when steve keyed up lol.
Florida Man found smoking 70 year old cigarettes by Coast Guard rescue team after setting off a distress beacon.
@@manictiger NICE
When I was in CAP late 70's, we used to get all sorts of gear, and one time received four of these. Us delinquents took the speed out of them, pretty serious speed, especially at 16. Had no idea the rarity.
Current CAP senior member and former Cadet. 6 years strong. Times sure have changed since then. There are talks of ELT turning to GPS for a much faster rescue time. No idea when that’s going to be implemented.
@@LoneWolf-kz5bo Cheers, and thanks. Imagined the change would come sooner or later.
In event of a crash, they're still gonna need CAP to get out there. How has your mission expanded since the old days?
@@LrngMn not much has changed in our missions. I came from Michigan wing. Before they legalized marijuana, we had counter drug operations but those have nonexistent for the most part since then.
Not sure if it was ever implemented in your time be we have UDF (urban Direction finding) team as well as our ground teams. UDF utilizes roadways as a back up to triangulating positions as well as a brief “fast response” before our aircraft become airborne.
As far as that goes as well as GPS coming around slowly, not much has changed.
Is it serious speed? 5mg of dextroamphetamine really isn't very much, it's barely a standard ADHD dose.
It was pretty serious. Bigger than 10, don't remember exactly. For our pretty clean young minds it was far too much.
"And snake? you've got to season snake." The voice of experience.
Top 5 UA-cam comment ever.
BBQ sauce a must!
I grew up in the late 1960’s - early 1970’s, and much of the items in this kit, although was around, much was “high-tech” for the time. For example, in the 1960’s, Velcro was real cutting edge, NASA type stuff. I remember that Neosporin was available only by doctor’s prescription. Some of the oral meds were available over the counter.
I grew up in suburban Washington, DC and remember seeing some of this stuff around, with military and NASA people living all over the place. I remember the fishing kits,, and as I remember the item you identified as an artificial bait, I thought I remembered that being a strip of lead weight, as the large chinch weight was pretty heavy. Oh yeah, the line was either 30-50 lb test Dacron line.
Solar stills were huge in the Boy Scouts, and every survival class was taught by active duty military or someone from NASA in suburban DC.
I’m surprised a Mylar space blanket wasn’t in the kit.
It might be noted that many of the people developing kits such as these, or passing judgement on kits such as these were veterans of WWII or the Korean War.
Lastly, the flare kits were advertised in the back of every magazine even remotely of interest to men or boys during the late 60’ and 1970’s.
Excellent review and overview of the contents.
How do you find the utility value of the spices in the kit? Was it to boost morale of the soldier being out there in the jungle, eating tasteless food that he needed to catch all by himself, alone? I was very surprised to see such 'exclusive' items in a survival kit - in the end, it adds to the total weight and volume of a kit that is designed to increase your chances of survival, not having a great time in the woods/jungle.
Probably no room for the blanket. I am akso from that era and remember most of this stuff. We ate it up in Boy Scouts.
Stewart James Hooray
Tang orange flavor juice was a big deal in the glass jar I loved it because the astronauts had it lol
The Velcro was the first thing I noticed too 👍
*launches a flare that undoubtedly went on to set fire to something*
"...Nice."
California needed more brush cleared.
@@allenatkins2263 He's from Florida.
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 oh so a meth lab thought they were being busted
They are burnt out prior to hitting the ground.
@@cycadaacolyte6349 idk man I've set a field on fare with a flare gun
Table of contents for anyone who would like to skip around a little bit.
Intro, Radio, Strobe Light, & Camillus Knife: 0:00 - 5:09
Main Kit Pt. 1: 5:10 - 21:06
Fishing Kit & Mosquito Headnet & Mittens: 21:07 - 24:27
Main Kit Pt. 2: 24:28 - 35:50
Signal Kit: 35:51 - 37:01
Conclusion & Credits: 37:02 - 39:05
Steve1989MREInfo never skip around
Nice
What godless unwashed heathen skips around a Steve1989MREInfo video?
Skipping is for the youth.
No thank you sir. I will not miss a second. But thank you.
You can catch a wild animal, a wolf or maybe a bear and then thoroughly wash it with the dial soap and let it free. While the enemy is following the suspicious, flowery smelling, scent, you can use the neosporin and bandaids to patch up your scratch wounds and then escape.
Lm a o
Johannes Dolch I’m dying at your comment😂😂
There's not enough pepper to season the bear :s
Did you take some energy tablets?
@@zstrode.8953 Maybe :)
Im pretty impressed with how much stuff they can pack into such small packages.
Steve:
If your going to activate/test any of your emergency beacons, make sure you do it during the first five minutes on the hour and for no longer than three audio sweeps of the beacon. ATC monitors both VHF and UHF Guard frequencies and and starts looking for downed aircraft of an ELT is heard outside of of the testing parameters.
scdzcrx analog elts are non functional now. Everything been moved over to a new frequency recently.
@@jonmchang 243 and 282 are still listed as active for nato aercraft emergency and nato on the scene respectively, so i wouldnt fuck with those
What
Kazi Victus When small radio make big noise, they come looking for you
@@ILovHelloKitty13 oh no
I've got a PRC-90 radio, the version of the RT-10 that was used in the chest pack. There are modern Lithium-ion batteries available if you want to get it powered up again. Just make sure you know how to switch it to receive only mode since it will start broadcasting a tone on 243.0 MHz as soon as the antenna is pulled out, and that's still an international distress frequency today. ARG! I just saw your Prick-90. You are broadcasting on 243.0 MHz . It's a guard frequency monitored by all commercial and military aircraft. If an airplane is flying overhead and picks up that signal you're going to at least get a search and rescue mission generated in the area, even if no units are sent out. Best to leave it turned off until you're sure that signal isn't broadcasting.
I learned something new and interesting,thank you.
I was wondering if the battery could be replaced. Great info. Hope Steve sees this.
Lol OOPS! Sorry coastguard clearwater!
@@skoopsro7656 Well, it's not likely to be a problem for a few seconds unless our hero is really unlucky, but it's not the kind of thing you want to leave on for minutes at a time. An airliner passing over at 30,000 feet could pick up the tone as far as 50 miles out, so there's a chance that things could go pear shaped if it's picked up. As you may tell from the first three letters of my screen name, I spent some time chasing false alarms from these things.
Rex, glad you learned something about a rather obscure subject.
Kathy, there are military radio collectors like me that collect these survival radios. I'd be happy to give Steve some information if he wants to get it safely running as a receiver.
@@sarjim4381 Yeah...I had a small twitch in my eye when he started transmitting too.. Lets hope he doesn't get busted for it!
Interesting. The seller of this VERY unique survival prototype left untouched both straight speed tablets and Propoxyphene which carries an above-decent narcotic punch. It’s extremely rare to find kits with scheduled drugs still in them. I’m betting our main man, Steve 1989, paid a pretty penny for this one ... “Nice” PS: it does my heart good to see a real knife in there
the question here is what's with the trojan stuff
@@red94mr28 😳
@@mrrexychomp9829 Water carrier...they can hold up to five litres of water from memory.
Darvon Compound? Schedule IV Wasn't that strong (mild to moderate pain) No longer on the market because it caused Cardiac Arrhythmias as well as ODs when abused.
Steve is an expert. The US military should employ him as a consultant for rations and emergency kits etc.
Military parachute riggers now do what Steve does.
If you don't try to eat that vest I'll be very disappointed.
Nice
Personally, I'd prepare for disappointment...
On the other hand, this is Steve we're talking about.
When he started smellin' the batteries...I dunno...
Wow, this vest tastes really old and chemically . Hold on, let me get another bite....
I mean to be fair, I've seen him eat/taste "rations" that were overtly bad to eat.
Steve, you should donate this kit to your nearest military museum. It is very educational.
My husband is a VN vet, it amazes me that the leather has held up as well as it has, no mildew or mold. This stuff is pretty awesome. I showed my hubby he watched a couple of seconds and had to move away, too many memories.
@@user-ji3il6ce2o the only clown I see is you, replying to a 3 year old comment
@@user-ji3il6ce2o clown
During my first tour in Iraq I was voluntold to assist one of the S3 guys flying the Raven drone. So I had to go out with him late at night for 4-5 hours and assist him with setting up the drone but also launching and retrieving it. After a couple of times having to hunt for this thing at night I decided I needed to try to make a couple of changes to this drone. 1 I velcroid a IR beacon to it. This was a small IR flasher I had that was supposed to clip to my uniform so it was pretty small and light weight. The 2nd thing I attached to it was a strope light. I mounted the light to the body on the opposite side of the IR beacon so the weight was evenly distributed on the drone. And then I taped chem lights under the wings so when it was closer to us we could start to see it. But the drone flew high enough up in the sky that even on calm days the chem lights couldn't be seen. The strobes all faced up so from the ground you didn't see them. The drone could actually carry a decent payload and still have plenty of battery to do its mission. These modifications made retrieval of the drone ALLOT easier than before. Often cutting 30 minutes out of our time. The reason I am sharing this is because the survival beacon with this kit is just a little bit bigger than the one I was issued when I went to Iraq. And damn near the same shape and style. So it kinda took me by surprise to see this and realize the one I was issued would have been easily identified during Vietnam lol. The OTHER 10+ year war. I served a total of 3.5 yrs in Iraq and now I feel like all of my time there was wasted like that of the guys who went to Vietnam. We all struggled and fought for each other. But in the end our efforts were wasted and pointless thanks to vote hungry politicians and Generals in the pentagon kissing every ass sitting on more funding. While the people in the trenches and battlefields pay the price. I will never say my time in Iraq was even remotely as shitty or hard as what the guys in Vietnam went through. Infact its always difficult to have those guys thank me when I came home on leave or from a tour. They deserve my thanks and respect. Not the other way around. Myself and my fellow soldiers did have our share of death and fighting. But it pales compared to guys who saw the kind of combat that makes you wonder how anyone lived through it.
thank you for your service:)
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service sir.
thanks for your sacrifice ♥
В Украине сейчас тяжело, Руские убивают мирное население,а оружия у украинской армии мало и устаревшее
My granddad was a Marine in Vietnam. Being a foot soldier, he was given the larger version of the knife. He traded his with a pilots because the pilots was lighter, and still has it.
My grandfather was a chopper pilot in nam' used to go in and rescue down pilots, he was lucky, he was never shot down but his chopper came back with a lot of holes
Please stop using the word nam' it's so fucking cringworthy
The way the flare projector screws into that teflon coated case to make a pan is so damn cool.
I always get so excited when Steve picks up an item that’s not made anymore then he hurts my soul when he says “I’m definitely not gonna open it” 😂
This is ASMR for people who are interested in military stuff
Those old school amphetamines will keep you up for days and your heart pounding. Very interesting kit!
A 'friend' of mine found a little tin cylinder of those tablets many years ago. The first few were no good... apparently it had all leaked into the bottom of the tin, because those last few tablets were *extra* strong. The label just said "Energy tablets. Take as directed by C.O." .(*_*).
How about that Finnish soldier who was fleeing from the Russians and took his group's entire supply of Pervitin, skied 400 kilometers with no food, got injured by a landmine, and when finally taken to an hospital his heart rate was 200 bpm?
Let's see, the nearest F.O.B. is 230 miles away. Hmm, time for some "energy pills".
Remarkable they weren't looted out of the kit seeing as it was obviously picked over... Not up to the morphine (if included) or pain pills yet. ...Phenacetin? Is that worth stealing?
Wait, wut? Condoms?
Is it just me or is this video the perfect mix of cool old stuff and asmr with all the plastic crumpling
Radio, LED, bright plastics, teflon pan, and a bunch more stuff.
This tech and kit looks advanced for it's time
"Rocket Jet Engineering Corporation" THAT'S THE MOST BADASS NAME FOR A COMPANY I'VE EVER HEARD OF! WHAT DO THEY MAKE?!?!?! "uhhh, leg mounted packs of camping gear" "WAIT, WHAT?!?"
“Cool shit lab” was already taken.
"We make mini pans for frying lizards in the jungle"
OK...
"And we ran out of handles so we use flare guns"
The CEO was named Norman Osborne. "Back to formula on the survival gear?"
verdatum - it’s a much cooler name than the software company I worked for in high school in the mid-90s... *_”Quest 2000”_* (I’ve often wondered what they did after the end of 1999...)
I found notation on a website selling old RJEC stock notes: ROCKET JET ENGINEERING CORP. (CA) TEXT: Acquired by Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. (MI) 10/1/63 Each (4.6) shares Common 75[ par exchanged for (1) share Common $1 par Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. (MI) reincorporated under the laws of Delaware 7/12/67 which name changed to Gulf + Western Inc. 5/1/86 which name changed to Paramount Communications Inc. 6/5/89 which merged into Viacom Inc. 7/7/94
Steve just over here sending beacons and transmitting on guard, no idea that every pilot that flys over is confused af lol
Kel there like it ain't ww2
Guard is 121.5
@@arthurmead5341 VHF GUARD 121.5 or UHF GUARD 243.0
“You definitely don’t wanna break your rubber” truer words haven’t been spoken
😆😆
Ian from forgotten weapons is gun Jesus, Steve is mre jesus with a mix of surplus equipment
@RailgunOS who is that
Amen.
@RailgunOS thanks man
Steve is teaching the Earth to stay calm and be efficient with supplies and tools. In emergency situations, these lessons will save lives. Good Job Steve.
that aluminium sheet has another very important use, as wind shield and heat reflector for a fire, and to keep the light of a small pit fire contained.
I sent Steve's videos to my niece who is a gastroenterologist she's been speechless for months now , especially after the civil war hardtack episode ,
1979mackdriver gastrowhat?
So She's probably vomitting that moment steave eats a 50year olf biscuits
Get her to watch when he eats 100+ year old beef lol
Has she seen the French man who eats light bulbs?
Hermann Abt
Funny you mention it .She had a kid come in for eating beer bottle glass and a small Florescent bulb a few years ago , the bulb got him sick from the chemical residue ...
Really comprehensive kit, I would love to see a modern version.
It's called a nerd with a backpack.
If you cannot find an insect to use as bait in Vietnam, you got off of the wrong bus.
Damn right. Insects are a delicacy there. They probably have 7/11's on every corner and sell them inside😉
Those survival knives are still issued in some parts of the army. My buddy was in the Illinois National Guard and they gave out those knives as 'incentive' for doing good. He just took one when he left the service lol
Classic KABAR. Been in use since WWII.
What brand, may I ask?
Steve really put those stuffs back to their place. A man of dedication he is.
Glad you’re back! I was afraid you’d finally succumbed to botulism.
I had the same fear, would've been ironic considering the last one he reviewed was pretty fresh
He seems a bit more subdued than usual though.
He might have had a brush with something.
does Steve have a Twitter or something where he posts updates?
You win.
Got yourself a nice Fallout 4 Combat Armor leg piece.
Yesss
That's an incredibly comprehensive kit with some excellent quality products.
"This thing had 5 mile visibility"
Holds it up to eyes to test it
He's tasting with his eyes
"Dont want that rubber to break" NICE
Leeds to mini vans
My favorite kit so far. It has everything you need if you’re stuck in the wilderness.
"Definitely don't want to break your rubber." Steve 1989
I like how the radio comes with a collapsible bayonet.
Jesus, lmao
Really enjoyed watching that, seeing as my family served,my great uncle was a decorated pilot ,flew in WW2, Korean & Vietnam war..I was born January 14 1967..was cool seeing that kit
Steve, You had a battery, smelling like old cheese and you didn't tasted it?
Ahahahahhaa. Yes!
He needed to get it out on a tray. Nice.
@@jeffnichols6448 hahahahahahaha
@@maxmustermann6803 ha
Old rank cheese is his FAVORITE😆😂😂😉
We used to buy those type of kits from the surplus stores for the pencil flares, smoke flare combos and strobe lights and wreak havoc in the suburbs with them when we were kids. They also had some with aluminum framed cloth box kites, radio wire and long burning flares.
Nowadays you get the cops called on you… sad how times have changed
This is one of the coolest survival kits of all time.
2:45 - in his enthusiasm, Steve inadvertently calls the thunder down somewhere in Florida... :P
Rummaging though kit
Twig snaps
"Wait give me a minute. I have to pack up my survive kit."
I really want that Camillus knife.
Steve, as a fellow military enthusiast and pilot. This is an amazing comprehensive review. Glad to see none of those prior rations did you in. All ration reviewers are special. You guys document some interesting stuff.
Someone, somewhere in an old atc tower or training toc is freaking out because some guy is playing with the oh shit button on An old radio😂
Probably not😂 but it's a fun thing to think about.
@Warstar Oh you guys are to funny,I would have been one of the troops dispatched from the TOC to go find this guy , you made my nite.
I like the knife and the high-quality leather scabbard it's in with all these stitches...I would definitely keep that as a collector's item...
2:47 So what did you tell the USAF chopper crew when they landed in your backyard? :P
Now im just imagining a extremely confused chopper crew asking Steve why a distress beacon single was coming from his house 😂
Well first thing of course he asked for their survival kit and MRE's
@@fishfire_2999 Probably could trade some of his overseas MREs for theirs. A lot of foreign ones look way better than the American ones.
I LOVED that you did a few flares for us. You're the best Steve!
Can you imagine having one of these that was produced this year? Thats like the ultimate kit for being 50 years old
Id rather be watching this than TV.
Amen
I don’t think I’m going home because my car is going on the road today
I am
thats why tv is dying in younger generation
“You definitely don’t wanna break the rubber.” 😂
Where?
Jan Christian Wismar Saragih
18:26
Why was that even in there
I have that knife and I didn’t even realize what it was! Wow!
Make sure the pencil flare launcher is cocked prior to inserting the flare. Some of the flares had sensitive primers, and would discharge if the spring on the firing pin was strong. Former Navy Parachute Rigger.
That RT-10 radio definitely had some impressive specs for its time. Nice.
My husband bought this item in an army surplus 30+ years ago, didn't know what he had lolz. Thought he was king running around with this strapped to his leg in the sand dunes.
Mittens @Steve1989MREInfo
lol
All right, let's get this onto our leg. Nice!
"Work like a Trojan" was a phrase that was familiar to every American man in 1967 because they learned of the Battle of Troy as school children, and that the city-state was a force to be reckoned with, alongside the likes of Athens and Sparta, largely because its citizens, the Trojans, could build defensive positions faster than anybody. The phrase describes an impressive work ethic.
Love the way they put 10 speed tablets in there !!!!! They will have you runing to your own lines in no time !
Thanks for popping those flares, very informative review. I would have like to seen how its worn.
I freaking love those radios Steve is using here. They really look like something that would be in a video game and not like a real piece of survival equipment. Going to see if I can find one online. Doesn’t need to work, but maybe I could tinker with it and get it working again
Clearly you have done your research and went throught the historical survival kit in a systematic manner. Well done!
Thank goodness! I was beginning to worry about you! Nice to see you, Steve. Looking forward to this review. Thank you!
It's great to be back Jen! Hope ya like the two new ones out this evening.
Steve1989MREInfo, yes! Both were terrific. This kit was really interesting. Thanks for walking through and explaining everything. Amazing how much they could fit into such a small space. The Finnish MRE was great as well. Surprised they didn’t vary the flavor more between the lunch and dinner mains. I really enjoy your vids and learn a ton. Thanks again. Looking forward to your next uploads. Cheers!
I thought he was going to eat the battery for a moment. "It has an acidic taste ... decadent"
My dad was in the military during Nam and in the reserves after. We had lots of Nam era surplus stuff in the house when i was a kid. I remember similar items but not in that case. Hes gone now RIP and God bless him. It was a great memory jog. Thanks!
You have atleast 3 nam Era brothers and/or sisters fyi.
Get you a man that can handle you as delicately as Steve handles survival kits.
Love that you guys donate stuff to places so it can be seen by all. :)
I can‘t watch Steve's videos anymore. Reminds me of my ex too much, with whom I‘ve binge-watched Steve‘s videos for hours on end. It was a great time.
May I suggest Mr Carlsons Lab, as a collab, to restore the non working radio. The man takes things seriously and will get the radio working to standards batter than factory using standard practice, should you wish, or you could request to keep it in the realms of "ready to go and functional".
I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but I respect what he does, and I reckon he'd use period correct hardware to diagnose issues, I think he may get a little kick out of it :)
Let's get started...
Nice! This stuff is way too advanced for Mr Carlson. One thing I do respect about Mr Carlson is that he doesn't sodomize his electronics or his English, The man Pronounces SOLDER correctly.
Jesus the L is pronounced in solder even if it sounds like "sodder" to the unaccustomed. It's just not blatant.
Honestly Steve, you have the makings of a great series of books here, esp if you can include lots of pictures. Not to be hyperbolic, but you are doing a service for world military history.
that kit makes me wanna get in an airplane and crash land in some remote area just to use it
I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST IN MY LIFE
Amen!
Since The last vídeos!! Lol
Nice!
I was told by an old Nam combat medic that were issued superglue in a spray can to close wounds.
They still use it or something similar. So call "instant bandages" or "invisible bandages" etc. for small cuts.
There’s this stuff they sell at the pharmacy that’s called liquid bandages, you just paint it on with a little brush. It’s basically superglue, I’m sure they have a spray version too!
I have one of these kits. Dad was a bird dog pilot and was in Vietnam 1966-67. Great video,thanks!
Another Steve Mre video...
Nice 😎
Test your 406 or 243 MHz ELT during the first five minutes after any hour, limit to three tone sweeps unless you want to initiate a SAR event. If you need to test outside this range, coordinate with Flight Services or a nearby FAA Control Tower. BTW 121.5 MHz is obsolete and unmonitored. However, if ATC hears it, they may start asking enroute flight crews to see if they can locate the signal origin based on strength. Cheers!
i thought 121.5 was the emergency frequency used for commercial air traffic et al..
@@Yuubari and also 243.0 for UHF
121.5 is still the guard frequency and you'll get people tuning in to that all the time at, for instance, the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh
If you leave that beacon on, you are likely going to get a visit from people in uniform who will have absolutely no sense of humor. They are quite serious about responding to those ELT signals.
Steve Gilbert if you leave the beacons lit, you will cause one large army of rohirrim marching towards Gondor
With how risky fires were, not to mention by the time it was probably safe to make one it was pouring rain. The ingenuity of that multitool was cool. Flares, saw, knife, pan handle.
Amazing how much thought went into these. Thanks for sharing!
“You’ve gotta season snake”, yes mate that is true!!
I like the way that cotton is stuffed everywhere, much needed stuff to make fire.
You still get the finger toothbrushes in nightclub toilet vending machines in Ireland
lol
Bosco your too old for night clubs, stay in your box
Those are ribbed condoms breh