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Army slang for what civilians commonly call duct tape.
The actual army name for it is olive drab green reinforcement tape which
is what you would need to call it if you were to order it from the army
supply store (GSA). The story goes that during WWII the army asked
Johnson & Johnson to develop a seal that would keep moisture out of
their ammo cans. J&J answered with OD green reinforcement tape. It is
said that the tape was so effective at keeping moisture out that water
would bead off it like "water off a duck's back" earning it the name
"duck tape". Duck tape would end up having multiple uses in the
military, though; with supply short during WWII, duck tape became the
military's answer to fixing equipment in the field. Seeing how
effective, efficient, and versatile a roll the tape played in the
military, J&J marketed the tape to civilians as a fix all. The tape
became known as "duct tape", but I'm not sure if this is because the
most common usage was to hold ducts together or because civilians
misheard the name. Throughout the history of the military, supply was
always an issue, and in the event that GI's didn't have the proper tools
to fix something they would use duck tape.
As a fix all, duck tape was
so effective that it was said it could hold a jeep together travelling
at 100 mph, hence the common army name "100 mile an hour tape."
Ask
anyone from the army what it is and they'll tell you. 100 mile an hour
tape is a part of army (military) lifestyle so much that it is actually
documented for usage in SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). From
personal experience, I can tell you that it is used per procedure for
preparing slingload operations (operations where a helicopter carries
something beneath it) and to cover shiny objects and reduce noise
(rattling) when on patrols. (courtesy of the urban dictionary).
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