date=February 2018 It is also called "duck tape", "riggers' tape", "hurricane tape", or "100-mph tape" Airlift Technologies supplier of tape under this name The Medical NBC Battlebook USACHPPM Tech Guide 244 (May 2000) p 1.13 —a name that comes from the use of a specific variety of duct tape that was supposed to withstand up to 100 mph winds.