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	Matilda
		Matilda of Flanders (~1031 - 1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
		Matilda of Boulogne (1104-1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen I of England
		Matilda Plantagenet (1156 - 1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
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	British Infantry Tanks
		The Infantry Tank came about as a result of a 1934 requirement by the General Staff for a tank that would directly support an infantry attack.
		The Matilda 2 totally dominated all Italian armor and could claim title to "Queen of the Desert" until the arrival of German armor in North Africa.
		Matilda 2 Marks 4 and 5 appeared much the same as earlier Marks, the refinements were mostly internal.
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	Matilda tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Matilda was first used in combat by the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiments in France in 1940.
		Due to the thickness of its armour, it was largely immune to the guns of the German tanks in France.
		Matilda II tanks remained in action until the last day of the war in the Wewak, Bougainville and Borneo campaigns, which made the Matilda the only British tank to remain in service throughout the entire war.
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	Airfix 01318 - A.12 Infantry Tank Mk.II - Matilda III
		Matilda infantry tanks were used by the British Army in France and North Africa until gradually replaced by M3 Lee/Grant and M4 Sherman tanks in 1942.
		The Matilda was very popular due to its heavy armour protection which rendered it immune from all Italian tanks in North Africa as well as many of the German anti-tank weapons available early in the war.
		Matilda tanks captured in the 1940 campaign were later converted to Panzerjäger (tank hunters), and these vehicles took part in the defense of the Atlantic Wall.
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	Mk II Matilda
		Mk II "Matilda" of the 13th Tank Brigade/22nd Tank Corps attacking settlement.
		"Matilda" of the 196th Tank Brigade in ambush.
		The 10th Tank Corps was deployed on Oct. 1-Nov.1 in the Moscow Military District.
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	Matilda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		British Infantry Tank Mark I was christened Matilda by General Elles, Master General of the Ordnance, because of its resemblance (due to a spindly suspension waddling progress) to Matilda the Duck; a contemporary cartoon character.
		Since finance was short, the tank was designed down to a price rather than up to specification, and the result was an 11-tonner with a crew of two, armour 65mm thick, and armed with a single machine gun.
		At the time of its inception it was probably among the world's best tanks; in the hands of the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiments it gave the German Panzers their first setback at Arras, in 1940, and it dominated the Western Desert until the arrival of the Afrika Korps with their heavier anti-tank weapons.
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	Missing Links Peter Brown Matilda Mk. I A11 Infantry Tank Article
		Both types of Matilda went to France with the BEF as part of 1st Army Tank Brigade, which was under the Army level control and not part of an armoured division.
		The Matilda I had had its day, those few left in the UK were used as part of the anti invasion measures, then for training, and finally, as targets on the ranges.
		The late type vehicle in the Tank Museum does have the number but the markings are of an Arras period vehicle, which as none came back to UK are not correct for that actual vehicle.
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	Weapons and Tactics
		Tactically the Vickers tank was seen as one that could not be tied to slow moving infantry, it was to be employed to push out ahead with lorry borne infantry or to attack from a flank to enable infantry to capture a position.
		Tanks were studied in the Soviet Union at Kazan proving grounds from 1926, there the German designers and army officers familiarised themselves with the technical and tactical problems of tank warfare.
		While the German tanks were able to withstand some of the shock of the artillery and anti-tank fire, the infantry riding in open vehicles and the anti-tank artillery, towing their guns, were completely without protection but followed the tanks; infantry and anti-tank officers standing erect in their vehicles.
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	Matilda
		The Matilda I, although inexpensive, was hopelessly outdated at the outset of the war.
		The Matilda II was an improved version of the Matilda I.
		Matilda III (or IV) C.S. The howitzer in the turret is slightly bigger than the 2-pounder gun of the standard model.
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	British Infantry Tank Matilda Mk. II - Military and Aircraft Scale Models
		When the British General Staff decreed in the late 30s that tanks must carry a main armament capable of defeating the enemy, the lightly armed Matilda I was finished.
		Matilda II was an entirely different tank, equipped with a 40 mm solid-shot gun.
		Throughout the pivotal El-Alamein campaign, the Matilda was the main infantry tank of the British Tank Regiment and played a victorious part in most of the major land battles in the El-Alamein Desert.
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	Tanks
		Of the light tanks six were sent to Heraklion on 18 May; the rest were to go to 4 NZ Brigade, but by 19 May three were still in ordnance being repaired.
		The tank had four crew members, and the loneliest had to be the driver, sitting in the nose of the tank ahead of the rest of the crew.
		Inside the tank the Commander was in the turret, where he had a rotating cupola on the left side of the turret.
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	Factsheets Database - Tank Classification - Powered by ReviewPost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Light tanks were quite common at the start of World War II, being the main element of German, Polish and French formations in the Polish and French campaigns, but during the war were relegated to reconnaissance roles because of the increasing firepower of tanks and anti-tank weapons.
		Medium tanks are simply neither the heaviest nor lightest in weight, and many of the designs had successful balance of firepower, mobility, protection, and endurance and could often be adapted to a variety of roles.
		There were medium tanks that focused on anti-infantry capabilities, such as in WWII the Panzer IV short-barrel and the Sherman with a 75 mm gun, and medium tanks that were more focused on the anti-tank role, mounting high-velocity tank guns.
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	DGA
		The assembly is bolted to the tank, the bracket carrying the outer end of the shaft is bolted to the outer plate and the inner end is clamped using two bolts and a special cover.
		Matilda I and II are fitted with twin AEC diesel engines A183 and A184 (replaced with the Leylands) Matilda III and IIICS are fitted with twin Leyland diesel engines E148 and E149 or E164 and E165.
		On Matilda IV, IV CS and V the supply tank is mounted on the starter motor bracket at the bottom and to the cylinder head at the top.
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	The World at War
		The country here was not suited to tanks but they proved useful for clearing small groups of Japanese snipers from the escarpment overlooking the beach.
		The Matildas trekked along the fresh cut alley-way with the infantry and by mid-afternoon Lieut Dewar’s platoon were entering Niap on the western extremity of Dogreto Bay.
		The Matildas went in frontally while an infantry platoon for the flank and the enemy was driven out of Boiken Plantation.
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	Matilda Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For its time, the Matilda II was a heavily armoured vehicle and it was particularly successful in the early years of WW II at Arras, France 1940 and in the Western Desert during 1940-1941.
		On this occasion, a tank assisting the infantry was engaged and disabled at a range of less than 50 metres, by a Japanese 37 mm gun.
		Originally, the tank was obtained from the Australian Government for the purpose of establishing it as a memorial in the park at the junction of Parramatta Road and Station Street in Ashfield.
	www.lancers.org.au /site/Matilda_Tank.asp (0 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - Library
		T72953 was the last Matilda to be built by Vulcan so this photograph was probably posed to commemorate that event, notice that it carries no armament.
		The tanks are all Churchills, most appear to be of the square hull door type Marks III and IV.
		A Diamond T tank transporter tractor is poking its nose into the right side of the picture.
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	The Tank Museum - Bovington - Second World War Guided Tour
		From France and the Blitzkrieg, featuring the French Somua and the tiny Matilda tank, through a Home Front section which houses the oldest Sherman in the world, to the North African desert.
		Here we find fine examples of Italian tanks, the British Crusader and Valentine along with the large American tank, the General Grant, the German Panzer III and the mighty Tiger captured in Tunisia in 1943.
		The war in Italy is represented by the German Sturmgeschutz and the D Day section displays the Sherman DD swimming tank, the flail tank and the famous DUKW amphibian.
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	DELTA GREEN 1939-1945 : EQUIPMENT : ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There were several different kinds of armor-piercing tank ammunition developed throughout the war, but here the damage of the shell is reflected in the most common type of AP used by that nation (ie.
		Some tanks like the M3 Lee have an armored cupola around the turret MG, so that the MG can be operated while still being protected by armor, but most do not.
		Usually, this means that the machine gun is mounted in a ball turret on the front hull of the tank, allowing the gunner to be fully-protected by the tank armor but with a very narrow field of vision (-10% to hit).
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	DELTA GREEN 1939-1945 : EQUIPMENT : ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES: Matilda MkII Infantry Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nevertheless, the Matilda was extraordinarily robust for an early war tank, and it was the near invulnernability of the Matilda to German anti-tank weapons that caused the 88mm anti-aircraft gun to be pressed into service against them in mid-1941.
		Like other tanks during the desert campaign, a number of Matildas fell into enemy hands and were used by the Afrika Korps.
		The Matilda was eventually phased out in lieu of better-armed tanks such as the Cromwell and the Churchill MkVII around 1943.
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	missing-lynx.com - Art gallery - Matilda Infantry Tank
		The tank detachment on Malta adopted a curious camouflage scheme dictated by local conditions.
		Much of the island being exposed and bare the most common feature was the stone walling that lined the roads and surrounded the fields, so the vehicles were painted to blend in with this.
		Other markings were entirely absent except for individual tank names which they seem to have retained from their previous service.
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	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Matilda I (A11 Infantry Tank Mk I) got it’s name when General Sir Hugh Ellis, watching the new tank in trials, commented that it waddled like Matilda the Duck, a comic strip character of the time.
		Initially the A11 Matilda I was considered for upgrade, but it was quickly decided that its hull and turret were too small to take the 2pdr gun.
		By early 1940 the first units were in service in France with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment and were very successful at the Battle of Arras, proving the superiority of their armour against the 3.7cm Anti Tank guns of the Germans.
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	Alibris: Matilda
		Neither of her beastly parents notice that Matilda is a genius.
		Unfolding in the dawning age of chilvalry, this is the story of their fight for control of the dynasty founded by their grandfather, William the Conquerer.
		Brown can't believe that their pack of darlings is actually a horde of unruly children who delight in tormenting the waves of governesses, nannies, and maids who pass through the Browns' chaotic home.
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	Matilda - A12 Matilda Mk 2 Infantry Tank WW2
		Matilda - A12 Matilda Mk 2 Infantry Tank WW2
		The Matilda weighed 27 tons and was armed with a 2-pounder QF tank gun.
		However, Japanese forces were lacking in heavy anti-tank guns and the Matilda remained in service with the Australian 2/4th and 2/9th Armoured Regiments, part of the Australian 1st Armoured Division, in the South West Pacific Area.
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	Modeling the Matilda Infantry Tank - by Mark Bannerman
		The Matilda tank saw action in almost all theatres of World War II, from Europe to the Pacific.
		Born in the interwar years, and developed with numerous modifications following combat testing, the Matilda is perhaps most famous for its role in the desert campaigns of 1940-41, thus acquiring its nickname Queen of the Desert.
		This book provides a detailed guide to modelling the Matilda tank across a variety of types, colour schemes and scales, and features excellent reference photos.
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	Effective Ranges of German Antitank Weapons: Appendix A, Artillery in the Desert, Military Intelligence Service, ...
		HE shells of all calibers should be used with weapons and ranges that are not intended to produce penetration.
		They frequently effect damage to the tank and produce a demoralizing effect on the crew.
		"Matilda" is the British Medium Tank Mark II, which has armor 2.75 inches thick, though its sides are only 1 inch thick.
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	Forces of Valor; FOV - Mikes Diecast Tanks and Armour
		The base of the tank, however, as well as the running wheels, etc., are plastic.
		Well, the drums and tank traps loose items, not on the model, and only the shells in the turret are metal.
		The tank does not have the anti magnetic coat finish and has no markings at all.
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		It really simplifies the job and the slight thickness of the paint makes the track connection a little tighter and the unglued tracks a little firmer during the time you are putting them on the tank.
		I have made a Matilda I turret and an M103 turret in 1/35 in this manner and am about to embark on an accurate Ram in the same way.
		The white squares are painted on right front mudguard and left rear mudguard, both markings are aligned along the outer & lower edges, that on the turret being at bottom edge of the turret rear side plate about 9" from the rear edge, and presumably both sides.
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	Dubbo Military Museum
		These tanks were considered one of the best tanks in the world.
		With their 3 inch thick armour they were the first tank to stop the German Panzersat Arras in France in 1940 (Rommel).
		These trucks were famous for their role in recovery, tank transportation and general use.
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	Osprey
		I say "tanks" as two different vehicles were known as Matilda, the small two-man A11 Infantry Tank Mk I and its bigger brother the A12 Infantry Tank Mk II series.
		The model by Sean Dunnage is of a tank serving in the early part of the North African campaign at a time when there was little which could take on these tanks.
		As well as these main features, there is a section listing tanks on view in collections around the world with photos including some inspiration for an Australian dozer tank, recommendations for further reading in the form of books and websites, and a "kitography" of available models and accessories.
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