The Archive · 1939

Sheridan, Wyoming, Jan. 4

Mr. Claude Byler, ar-old petroleum engineer, revealed today that he had notified the War Department of his invention of a. 1000-ton tank "which will run over trees as if they were weeds and will crush buildings like they were match Mr. Byler said he hoped the monster would be constructed as an anti-war measure because of its "terrifying potentialities." "The tanks would stand the height of a five storey building and would be eighty feet in length," he said. "It would have no guns, but would be used to crush barriers, The tank would be operated by four 20-ton, 1,000 horse power motors and could reach a top speed of 100 miles an hour."—United Press.

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