Submitted by Rob Hetrick
If anything…ANYTHING…breaks, tears, falls apart, comes loose, or just plain won’t sit right, a few inches or yards or Duct Tape will ensure that whatever you couldn’t get to stay in place will never move from it’s newly assigned spot EVER again! Since the Marine Corps traditionally uses Army and Navy hand-me-downs well out passed their designed "shelf lives," you don’t have to look very hard or far at a piece of Marine Corps issued gear to see this wonder tape in use!
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Why a picture of the cheap and seriously crappy silver commercial kind?
Use the Green or other kinds of military type tapes or some heavy duty commecial tape.
Why a picture of the cheap and seriously crappy silver commercial kind?
Use the Green or other kinds of military type tapes or some heavy duty commecial tape.
Agree on the pic of silver “duct” tape. Green “100 mph” tape would be better….
Mil-spec tape photo added per Dakota and Patrick’s recommendations. Good call!
Just like the U.S. Marines, their bother’s in arms, the Royal Marines & the British Army would not/could not function without duct tape. If an enemy was to interupt the supply of this wonder tool or destroy it’s source, the defenders of the free world would grind to a halt & we would be defenceless. Scarey thought isn’t it?
In the Army the OD green version is called 100mph tape and the Air Force Blue version is 1000 mph tape.
On US Submarines is called Radcon (radioactive control) or 200 ft tape (guaranteed to hold 200ft of sea pressure)
DPE Tape (Demilitarization Protective Ensemble) aka Nuclear Duct Tape.
That stuff is awesome. I think it’s about $50US a roll though.
Kalroy
Holds leading edge of Cobra Helicopter rotor blades together long enough to get back to base…gar-ron-teed.
I don’t leave home without 100 mph tape, 550 cord and zip-lok bags. I thought that was a “given.” I could write a book on all of the things I did (in the military and outside) with 100 mph tape. I’ve seen blue, silver, O.D., rifle green, Chem-bio, and every other color they make the stuff in.
We used 100 mph tape to make coffee mugs. In the desert there are always water baottles around. Square ones work best. Cut the top off. Wrap with 550 cord for more grip then wrap with 100 mph tape. Wa-La! You have a field issue coffee mug.
If you can’t duck it, **** it.
I’ve used Duct Tape for everything as far back as I remember.
I tried Gorilla Tape, by the maker of Gorilla Glue. Gorilla tape is somewhat stronger than duct tape, it costs a little more than Duct Tape.