![]() Directly related to this, Westwaggon also manufactured the prototype of the tub-style tender, with which the war locomotives belonging to the BR 42 and 52 were coupled. While none of those saw action during the war they were more practical, actual armoured fighting vehicles than the parade tanks like the CLB 75.Ĭaterpillar Chronicle : History of the Greatest Earthmovers, E.C. OrlemannĮarly US Armor: Tanks 1916–40, S.J.In 1939/40, the Köln-Deutz (Cologne-Deutz) and Uerdingen wagon factories each constructed a quadruple axle tank wagons in a lightweight design. In reality during the First World War the US developed or produced three actual tanks: the M1917 Light Tank - based on the French Renault FT, the Ford M1918 3-Ton Tank and the MKVIII ‘International’ heavy tank. This particular example even features in Pathe newsreel where it’s described as a ‘land dreadnought’ and shown in mock attacks mounted during National Guard exercises. Similar parade tanks were built on Holt and Caterpillar tractors. The CLB 75 was what is often described as a ‘parade tank’, an impractical tank designed as a showpiece for parades at home rather than in the field on the frontline. The CLB 75 appears to be bristling with a pair of cannons and at least two machine guns in the turret. The tank has a set of tracks and a front steering wheel. Best Autotractor, the basis of the CLB 75 ( source) It’s an eye-catching design, like something straight out of an H.G.Wells novel.Ī C.L. ![]() It had a sheet metal outer-skin and a rounded turret. Best Tractor Company of San Francisco, the CLB 75 is based on the chassis of a CLB 75hp ‘Tracklayer’/’Autotractor’. National Guard exercise which was widely publicised but the tank featured at its centre is little more than a tractor encased in stamped sheet metal.ĭeveloped by the C.L.
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