Talk:Matilda tank

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"The slow speed and heavy armor made them comparable to the Red Army's Kliment Voroshilov heavy tanks, but the Matilda had nowhere near the firepower and armour of the KV" Did it or did it not have comprable armor to the KV?

Thank you for pointing out an edit-by-committee. The Matilda's max armor of 78mm is comperable to the KV-1 Model 1941 which had 90mm of armor. Most medium tanks of this era had 30-50mm armor. The 1941 version of the T-34 had 52mm max armor and that was considered very thick for the era. DMorpheus 04:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Arras

I'm suprised to see theres no reference to the battle of Arras during the invasion of France 1940. This is where the Matilda got its reputation for being "The Battle Queen" and also gavea good suprise to the Germans.--Ashmole 20:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually the title was "Queen of the Desert" and it was gotten in North Africa. There were very, very few Matilda IIs at Arras. DMorpheus 22:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

It was still there, however, and much propagada mileage was made of the fact. Also, the Arras counterattck may have been partially responsible for Hitler's decision not to allow the Panzers into Dunkirk... I agree that the Battle of Arras should be mentioned, albeit breifly. Getztashida 10:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Australian Designed and Built"

Several Australian War Memorial photos of the Matilda have summaries referring to the Matilda as achieving 22mph with the Leyland engine and then continues "the Matilda, Australian designed and built". Does anyone know why the AWM would make this mistake, especially when most sources say the AC1 was the only tank build in any numbers in Australia during WWII (and that was never used in combat)?