The CLB 75 Tank was a U.S.-produced, prototype
armoured fighting vehicle built by
C. L. Best
Clarence Leo Best (April 21, 1878 – September 22, 1951, San Francisco, California), usually known as C. L. Best, was an American manufacturing executive. C. L. Best founded the C. L. Best Gas Traction Company in 1910 (later the C. L. Best Tr ...
's Traction Company of San Leandro, California. Best was a rival of the
Holt Manufacturing Company in producing caterpillar tracked vehicles. Among Best's products was the CLB 'Tracklayer'
The tank was developed by putting an armoured hull over a CLB 75 sometime between late 1916 and early 1917.
The tank was widely photographed on July 4, 1917 parade in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
.
Only a few models were used one of which had a semi-cylindrical hull with a turret and another was similar but the hull had flat surfaces. The tanks trained with the California National Guard.
See also
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Steam powered tracked tank
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Steam Wheel Tank
The Steam Wheel Tank was a U.S.-produced, prototype armoured fighting vehicle built by the Holt Manufacturing Company (now Caterpillar Inc.). Developed sometime between late 1916 and early 1917, it was the third tank to be designed in the U.S. The ...
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External links
The C L Best Tractor Company Model 75 Tank
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World War I tanks of the United States
Abandoned military projects of the United States
Trial and research tanks of the United States
History of the tank