The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. [1] The design began as the A12 specification in 1936, as a gun-armed counterpart to the first British infantry tank, the machine gun armed, two-man A11 Infantry Tank Mark I.

The Matilda Mark II, or rather "Matilda II" (to avoid confusion with the sub-mark versions), or "Matilda Senior", was a 60,000 lbs machine, armed with the new QF 40 mm (1.57 in) gun, one of the many derivatives of the licence-built Bofors, which had an excellent rate of fire.

The Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11) [2] is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. Despite being slow, cramped and armed with only a single machine gun, the Matilda I had some success in the Battle of France in 1940, owing to its heavy armour which withstood the standard German anti-tank guns. However, it was essentially useless ...

2022年2月26日 · Two tanks, in particular, were the outcome of a reassessed tank program that decade – the A.11 Matilda and its bigger counterpart, the A.12 Matilda. These two tanks formed the bulwark of British armor in the campaign in France in 1940 and yet, despite success at Arras, only one went on to be a legend – the A.12.

2024年11月19日 · The British tanks of the Second World War were a testament to the nation’s innovation and determination in armoured warfare. From the early Matilda II and Valentine models to the more advanced Cromwell, Comet, and Churchill, the WWII British tanks played crucial roles in various campaigns despite their limitations.

Infantry Tank Mk II was a tank design named after a cartoon duck, "Matilda", a name shared with its Mk I predecessor design. The design was done at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich near London, England, United Kingdom. The design improved upon the lightly-armed Mk I by dramatically increasing armor and adding a QF 2-pounder tank gun.

As the best British tank in service in 1940 was the Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda, which was almost immune to German and Italian anti-tank and tank guns then in use. The Matildas are the spearheads of the British armour in the successful Libyan campaign in late 1940

The British WW2 Matilda II Infantry Tank entered service in 1939 and it served through out the whole of World War 2. As an infantry tank, it only required a low top speed as it was required to keep up with advancing infantry.

2019年3月13日 · A12 Infantry Tank Mark II and, in particular, the name Matilda is most famous for its achievements in early Western Desert tank battles. Against the inferior tanks of Italy in Libya in 1940 the Matilda tanks were nigh on indestructible.

2012年7月29日 · When Germany invaded France in May 1940, the 7th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Expeditionary Force in France had 23 Matilda II's, along with 27 Matilda I's and 7 Light Tank, Mk VI 's. Until British reinforcements arrived in France on 17 May 1940, the Matilda II was the only tank in the BEF armed with more than a machine gun.