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The Matilda (Armour in Action 2) (Repost)

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The Matilda (Armour in Action 2) (Repost)

The Matilda (Armour in Action 2)
Ian Allan | 1973 | ISBN: 0711004056 | English | 84 Pages | PDF | 68,1 MB

This tank was a development of the Matilda I Infantry Tank whose main armament consisted of no more than either a .303 or a .50 Vickers mg. Such was the thinking behind pre World War II tank development in many Countries (including Britain) that it was considered that the fitting of larger calibre weapons was not warranted.
The Matilda Mark II arose out of a need to provide a better armoured and armed vehicle, which could act in the role of an infantry support tank.
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.