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Unusual products in the battlefield



From: "Tom Durkin" <tdurkin@xxxxxxx>
Date: August 16, 2007 2:45:54 PM EDT

On the surface, this might seem funny, but the bottom-line is dead serious -- a sterile gunshot wound dressing.

http://www.snopes.com/military/tampon.asp

You'll find kotex-style pads in most home-made first aid kits, too -- excellent sterile dressing for applying pressure on large wounds. (And no, panty liners aren't the same!)


The use of condoms over gun muzzles to keep out sand is old -- dates back at least to WWII.

And one of the better stories out the early days of the Afghan invasion was that our Special Forces ended up wearing large size pantyhose to prevent saddle sores while riding the horses and donkeys with primitive saddles in the mountains -- a method allegedly used by John Wayne in his cowboy film days! (Think bike shorts under fatigues.)

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