Show strange war craft plans for one of the strangest war vessels ever proposed hane hae been submitted to the council of national uati onal defense sais popular mechanics magazine the craft Is tin an enormous ocean going water cheel that Is intended to perform much the same service tor for the navy mavy as the british and french tanks have bave for the allied armies although highly visionary and entirely untried it has ir ri ovelty and potential power that draws attention in addition to being amphibious to a certain degree it is theoretically capable of great speed essentially it consists of 0 two big connected cylinders that are supplied around their outer rims with adjustable paddles pad dley the horizontal axle offers space for a crew abild and la Is gyroscopically cally stabilized to support a fight lighting mast opposite ends of the axis are utilized as gun turrets |