Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT), 2013 (c)

Velcro and plastic tourniquet and windlass manufactured by Composite Resources Incorporated, South Carolina, USA.

The Combat Application Tourniquet can be wound up one-handed around an injured limb, preventing blood loss and allowing soldiers to save their own lives immediately following injury. It was used by British forces during Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2002-2014).