First Tank Prototype Built in the US Holt Gas Electric

1/35 resin model of the very first tank pro type to be built in the US based on a tractor assembly by Holt Manufacturing Company (now know as Caterpillar). It had an elaborate calling system and produced 90 horsepower which pushed 25.4 tons around. It failed US Army field trials.








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