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This comment actually made that choice click in my head, I'd never asked why that was before and kinda assumed it was to help protect the internals of a machine you couldn't fix from the environment but really it's more likely to be so you always have some bandages on hand (however sanitary)
oh, I figured it was just the ideal binding material for broken parts (e.g. limbs, rifle butts) whilst providing comfort and stretch/tightness control.