Extropia’s Mad-Tech: Gyroelectric Destroyer

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EXTROPIA’S MAD-TECH: GRYOELECTRIC DESTROYER

World War I was the first war to see the deployment of the tank. As you can see from this illustration, somebody also thought it would see enemies quail before….The giant hamster wheel!

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Well, OK, they came up with a more macho-sounding name than that, calling it the ‘Gryo-electric Destroyer’.

If that trench full of soldiers firing on the GED is drawn to scale, then this combat vehicle was imagined to be absolutely gargantuan. See! It’s relentless rolling wheel impale enemy soldiers on its spikes. See! Its many guns blazing leaden death.

See! The GED overcome by sticking a giant pole in its spokes...

REFERENCES “Follies Of Science” by Eric and Jonathan Dregni