Rhodesian
I was reading some of the early posts and noted a couple included uses for tampons in gun cleaning, which reminded me of what we used them for in Rhodesia during our bush war. Whilst I hope no one ever needs them for this purpose, we used them as very effective field dressings for bullet wounds. They sealed the hole by expansion and stopped the bleeding and kept the wound clean till we could get casevaced, (casualty evacution). Most of our operations were on foot, in the bush, and we had to carry pretty much everything we needed.