I wonder how WWII would of changed if duct tape had been invented?

I have a feeling more than a few airplanes would of been repaired using it. Wonder what other uses would of been found for it in WWII?

KTK

 

pseudo bandage...

 

It would not have changed one iota.

Have a look.
http://www.slideshare.net/glkiecker/invention-of-duct-tape-49605053

 

Poor Gerbals...

 

Ah, but what if Germany invented Duct Tape!.............

 

Very inconculsive, much too wishy washy with references to bandaids, scotch tape, etc. true Red Green duct was invented much later.

KTK

 

What about "gaffa" tape?

 

What ifs belong in the what if gallery.

 

By putting a piece on Adolf's mouth before his first speech?

 

Oooooooo, a little tough on the toothbrush mustache eh?

 

Something for Fegelheim

 

Hmm...interesting question.

 

Somewhere out there on the intertubes is a photo of a bush plane completely destroyed by a bear out in the middle of nowhere, in Canada or Alaska. The entire fuselage is destroyed as well as holes in the wings, rudders, etc. No problem. Guy radios a buddy to drop him a dozen rolls of duct tape and then just wraps up the whole plane and is in the air and on his way home an hour later.

Ken lives in a similar part of the world that I spent much of my life in, and can appreciate how wonderful a thing it is. Everybody jokes about how you can do anything with duct tape, but until you get into the hinterlands and have no other options you really don't know in your gut how versatile a thing it really is. You are only limited by your imagination. Fly-in caribou hunt, twenty years ago - my buddy left his boots too close to the fire and everything but the soles and rear seam was basically burnt away when we got up in the morning (yes, alcohol was involved). No problem. We duct taped him into the soles over some heavy wool socks, then every night we'd cut him out down the front and re-tape the slit each morning. It worked just fine for the remainder of that hunt. I've seen rifles with broken stocks taped together, repaired tents, all kinds of things - including bandages. It has a bit of reflective quality, so if you know about the old "fire and fence" trick you can find a couple of small fir trees and trim away the lower branches, duct tape a wall between them and build your fire a yard or a yard and half downwind of it - sit in the reflected heat, out of the wind all evening.

Soldiers are known for their ingenuity in fixing unfixable things; finding ways to get food, get comfortable, get warm, get dry, so I'm sure duct tape would have been very popular in WWII.

Edited to add these photos of the bear-destroyed plane mentioned above:

 

I've used duct tape wrapped around some wire as a mold for lead. It bubbles a bit but holds up to that much heat pretty well.

 

"Gun Tape" like duct tape only green and a little tougher. My dad kept a big roll in the spare refrigerator, said it was good for a quick patch of unwanted, unexpected holes. Was also used to cover gun ports to keep the dust out. His roll came from Guadalcanal.

 

Red Green is a duct tape guru, Here he is making a Turkey dinner. Think of the meals they could of created with those 4 Merlin engines.

KTK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niegc7QcilM

 

I cried with laughter. Thanks !

 

I thought it had it's origins in WW2?
Something to do with sealing ammo boxes?


Ah, sorry, just read that link. Sure I've seen something else recently.