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320:. However, it was essentially useless in an attacking sense, as its weak armament made it toothless in combat against enemy armour, and the tank was obsolete before it even came into service. The Battle of France was the only time the Matilda I saw combat. The tank was cheaply built as the British government wanted each of the tanks to be built on a very restricted budget in the build-up to the Second World War. It is not to be confused with the later (more successful) model
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machine gun, the commander had to direct the driver and operate the radio. There being no room in the turret for the radio, it was placed in the hull; the commander had to duck down inside and lie almost prone to operate it. The driver's position was equally cramped and the turret could not be traversed forward while the driver's hatch was open. The top speed of 8 mph (13 km/h) on roads was thought to be sufficient for supporting an infantry advance.
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31:
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553:; although 22 tanks of various types were brought back during these evacuations, there were no infantry tanks among them. A Matilda I was selected by the German Army for evaluation and it was destroyed in the process. After most of the deployed Matilda I tanks were abandoned in France, the 77 Matilda Is left in the United Kingdom were withdrawn for training purposes.
344:, Master General of Ordnance, and Major-General A. E. Davidson, who concurred that a tank design to support infantry attacks was needed. After consulting with Major-General Percy Hobart they decided that large groups of small, lightly armed tanks were needed to overrun enemy positions and approached
426:
The first order of sixty
Matilda tanks was placed in April 1937, followed by an order for a further sixty ten days later and another 19 were ordered in January 1939. The tank remained in production until August 1940, with a total of one hundred and forty produced, including the prototype. Some were
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tank designed twenty years after its conclusion. Those who designed the tank were influenced by the mistaken belief that combat in a new war would be the same as in World War I, in which tanks were used for breaking through strong, static defensive positions. As a result, the tank was obsolete both
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The hull and turret were well protected against contemporary anti-tank weapons but the tracks and running gear were exposed and more vulnerable than on tanks that had protected tracks. The lack of a gun with anti-tank capability severely limited its utility on the battlefield. Besides operating the
408:, is credited with giving the tank the name Matilda "due to the vehicle's diminutive size and duck-like shape and gait." However, the codename "Matilda" for the project was created for Vickers at the time of drawing up the specification in 1935. The "Tank, Infantry, Mark I" name was an
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to design and begin work on a tank based on these principles, which began in 1935. The
General Staff specification required a cheap tank, requiring the use of already commercially available automotive components. It resulted in a small two-man vehicle with a low hull and a small cast
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in the United
Kingdom. One (HMH 802, identified as "possibly T3447" ) is in running condition; it was recovered from Otterburn gunnery range and restored to running condition, although it is powered by an inauthentic engine and gearbox.
324:, also known as the "Matilda II", which took over the "Matilda" name after the Matilda I was withdrawn from combat service in 1940. The two models were completely separate designs.
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421:
525:
Further south in France, five
Matilda Is and a few other tanks which had been in various depots or had arrived as late reinforcements, formed the Divisional Tank Company of the
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1021:
British Army, 1939-1945: British
Expeditionary Force, 10 May 1940: Tables of Organisation and Equipment: Orders of Battle: Volume 2, Alan Philson, Military Press 2006
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629:
A third
Matilda I is a severely damaged wreck that was used as a gunnery range target, and can be found to the north of the Vehicle Conservation Centre.
336:
The driver of a
Matilda I in France during the winter of 1939–40. This shows the cramped driver's compartment and how the hatch obstructs the gun turret.
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Some recent evidence suggests that
Matilda I's captured by the Germans may have seen use as internal security vehicles, probably in Poland.
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assigned to the various
British infantry divisions, this was the only British armoured force on the Continent at the start of the
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503:, personally directed by Rommel. On the following day, only 26 Matilda Is and two Matilda II tanks were still serviceable.
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369:. Designed for quick delivery as well as low cost, the A11 used many stock parts from other vehicles: a Ford V8 engine, a
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The second vehicle was built in March 1940 and restored to running condition in the 1980s. It is painted to represent
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537:. On 8 June, the tanks supported the force, which was mainly infantry, in their unsuccessful defence of the rivers
514:. The surviving tanks of both battalions were formed into a composite unit, which fought another counter-attack at
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1981:
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529:, an improvised formation which had been hastily put together to defend the British logistic bases at
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217:
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588:
491:. The heavy armour of both types of British tank proved to be resistant to the standard German
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463:. They were joined at the start of May 1940 by 7th RTR and together formed the
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1558:
1545:
1525:
1415:
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1365:
1325:
979:"A Pictorial History of the 4th and the 7th Royal Tank Regiments ~ 1940–1941"
907:"A Pictorial History of the 4th and the 7th Royal Tank Regiments ~ 1918–1939"
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317:
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44:
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1933:
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1360:
1355:
488:
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301:
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515:
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305:
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1986:
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The Great Tank
Scandal: British Armour in the Second World War - Part 1
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1610:
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1405:
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1380:
1350:
1320:
1305:
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475:
on 10 May 1940. The 58 Matilda Is and 16 Matilda IIs spearheaded the
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147:
30:
2510:
1991:
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1375:
1247:
1219:
143:
357:. The turret was fitted with a single heavy machine gun, either a
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and the attack was only halted by a gun line hastily formed from
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349:
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British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
1139:
The World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles
422:
British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
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530:
151:
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1862:
1721:
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1395:
1252:
855:
717:"Director Richard Smith | Bottom 5 Tanks | The Tank Museum"
304:. Despite being slow, cramped and armed with only a single
279:
1167:
at World War II Tanks and Vehicles / Advanced Squad Leader
518:. Only two tanks reached Dunkirk in the closing stages of
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1267:
506:
On 23 May, tanks from 7 RTR fought a rearguard action at
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gearbox, a steering mechanism similar to the one used in
846:
772:
770:
2651:
1068:
1066:
1005:"Beauman Division Orbat, May 1940 - World War 2 Talk"
767:
2631:, field conversions of vehicles of various origins
455:(RTR). In September 1939, upon the outbreak of the
1063:
985:. 4th Royal Tank Regiment Old Comrades Association
913:. 4th Royal Tank Regiment Old Comrades Association
675:"Tank Chats #43 Matilda I | The Tank Museum"
610:Three surviving Matilda I tanks are preserved at
2677:
1210:
1136:
817:
742:
711:
545:. The division was subsequently evacuated from
1880:Light tank Mk I, Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV and Mk V
1117:
510:before joining the general withdrawal towards
1835:
1196:
935:. J. R. M. Butler (ed.). HMSO. London (p. 89)
377:and suspension adapted from the Mk IV Dragon
748:"Tank Chats #43 Matilda I | The Tank Museum"
1795:List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles
1122:. New Vanguard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
340:The development of the tank began with Sir
1842:
1828:
1790:
1203:
1189:
822:British and American tanks of World War II
818:Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris (1975) .
641:, a similar, French two–man, infantry tank
459:, the 4th RTR deployed to France with the
2706:Military vehicles introduced in the 1930s
1422:Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank
2696:World War II tanks of the United Kingdom
933:The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940
483:on 21 May, temporarily discomfiting the
331:
308:, the Matilda I had some success in the
2539:Bedford Cockatrice and Heavy Cockatrice
1118:Fletcher, David; Sarson, Peter (1994).
397:in design and in its intended purpose.
2678:
1089:"Tank Infantry Mark I A11 (E1993.184)"
1075:"Tank Infantry Mark I A11 (E1949.350)"
327:
23:Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11)
1823:
1184:
415:
294:Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11)
2691:Interwar tanks of the United Kingdom
1176:Tank Infantry Mark I A11 (E1993.184)
1171:Tank Infantry Mark I A11 (E1949.350)
738:
736:
734:
732:
707:
705:
703:
701:
316:which withstood the standard German
1137:Forty, George; Jack Livesy (2006).
778:"A.11, Infantry Tank Mk.I, Matilda"
651:List of tanks of the United Kingdom
13:
2528:Australian experimental light tank
1895:Light tank Mk VIII 'Harry Hopkins'
1853:armoured fighting vehicles of the
792:"Infantry Tank Mk I Matilda (A11)"
604:Matilda I tanks at The Tank Museum
14:
2717:
1158:
1091:. The Tank Museum. Archived from
1072:
729:
698:
438:
2661:
1789:
1780:
1779:
695:A11 was the General Staff number
587:
568:
29:
2412:Morris Light Reconnaissance Car
2407:Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
2356:Marmon-Herrington Armoured Cars
1099:
1081:
1050:
1041:
1032:
997:
976:
970:
961:
938:
925:
904:
898:
885:
872:
2417:Otter Light Reconnaissance Car
840:
826:. New York: Arco. p. 54.
811:
798:
784:
689:
667:
406:Master-General of the Ordnance
123:
1:
1120:Matilda Infantry Tank 1938–45
1111:
836:– via Internet Archive.
443:Matilda I tanks equipped the
365:or the larger (12.7 mm)
2440:AEC Armoured Command Vehicle
1212:Tanks of the interwar period
1141:. Lorenz Books. p. 56.
1105:Tank Museum accession record
559:
429:.50 inch Vickers machine gun
392:Essentially, the tank was a
312:in 1940, owing to its heavy
186:2 (commander/gunner, driver)
7:
2351:Lanchester 6Ă—4 armoured car
947:Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory
677:. YouTube. 22 December 2017
632:
461:British Expeditionary Force
241:3.6 Litre V8 Ford Model 79
10:
2722:
1890:Light tank Mk VII Tetrarch
983:4and7royaltankregiment.com
911:4and7royaltankregiment.com
435:inch Vickers machine gun.
427:equipped with the heavier
419:
383:Vickers 6-Ton Tank Model E
322:Tank, Infantry Mk II (A12)
286:off-road: 5.6 mph (9 km/h)
2642:Tanks in the British Army
2599:
2498:
2453:
2430:
2399:
2290:
2251:
2237:
2170:
2132:
2100:
2089:
2040:
2007:
1932:
1870:
1861:
1775:
1609:
1577:
1544:
1484:
1436:
1291:
1218:
944:Thompson, Julian (2009),
656:Tanks in the British Army
278:
266:
258:
250:
237:
225:
205:
195:
190:
182:
174:
166:
158:
138:
133:
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114:
106:
98:
90:
76:
71:
63:
58:
51:Place of origin
50:
40:
28:
21:
2377:Rover Light Armoured Car
2372:Rolls-Royce armoured car
2366:Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
1767:Vickers A1E1 Independent
661:
501:88 mm anti-aircraft guns
381:, that was based on the
1165:Britain's Matilda Tanks
626:in France in May 1940.
624:4th Royal Tank Regiment
412:decision of June 1940.
367:Vickers .50 machine gun
218:Vickers .50 machine gun
2383:Staghound Armoured Car
2345:Indian Pattern Carrier
2327:Greyhound Armoured Car
2303:Boarhound Armoured Car
2077:Vickers Medium Mark II
361:(7.7 mm) calibre
350:Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
337:
2534:Basilisk Armoured Car
2499:Experimental vehicles
2311:Coventry Armoured Car
1785:Interwar period tanks
1058:Matilda Infantry Tank
931:*Ellis, L. F. (1954)
893:Matilda Infantry Tank
880:Matilda Infantry Tank
806:Matilda Infantry Tank
582:annual display (2009)
578:at The Tank Museum's
465:1st Army Tank Brigade
335:
2476:C15TA Armoured Truck
2316:Daimler Armoured Car
1977:Centaur and Cromwell
1851:British Commonwealth
1476:Vickers Medium Mk II
1316:Disston Tractor Tank
746:(22 December 2017).
284:8 mph (12.87 km/h),
2701:History of the tank
2400:Reconnaissance cars
2391:Standard Beaverette
2340:Humber Armoured Car
1806:Tank classification
1802:History of the tank
1471:Vickers Medium Mk I
780:. 26 February 2022.
493:37 mm anti-tank gun
485:7th Panzer Division
453:Royal Tank Regiment
375:Vickers light tanks
363:Vickers machine gun
328:Development history
162:18 ft 5 in (4.85 m)
2482:Leyland Beaver-Eel
2172:Armoured personnel
2155:M10 tank destroyer
1336:Light tanks Mk I–V
1077:. The Tank Museum.
1038:Ellis, pp. 280–282
715:(2 October 2020).
416:Production history
338:
178:8 ft 3 in (1.86 m)
170:8 ft 6 in (2.28 m)
102:Vickers-Armstrongs
85:Vickers-Armstrongs
72:Production history
2649:
2648:
2517:AC3 'Thunderbolt'
2426:
2425:
2229:Universal Carrier
2166:
2165:
2145:17pdr SP Achilles
2085:
2084:
1817:
1816:
1346:Light Tank Mk VII
1148:978-0-7548-1741-3
1027:978-0-85420-936-1
956:978-0-330-43796-7
865:978-0-11-290460-1
379:artillery tractor
290:
289:
274:80 miles (130 km)
35:A11E1 pilot model
2713:
2666:
2665:
2664:
2657:
2431:Armoured command
2335:Guy Armoured Car
2321:Fox Armoured Car
2298:AEC Armoured Car
2270:Humber scout car
2249:
2248:
2098:
2097:
1885:Light tank Mk VI
1868:
1867:
1855:Second World War
1844:
1837:
1830:
1821:
1820:
1793:
1792:
1783:
1782:
1424:
1341:Light Tank Mk VI
1205:
1198:
1191:
1182:
1181:
1152:
1133:
1106:
1103:
1097:
1096:
1095:on 5 March 2016.
1085:
1079:
1078:
1070:
1061:
1054:
1048:
1045:
1039:
1036:
1030:
1020:
1018:
1016:
1007:. Archived from
1001:
995:
994:
992:
990:
974:
968:
965:
959:
942:
936:
929:
923:
922:
920:
918:
902:
896:
889:
883:
876:
870:
869:
844:
838:
837:
825:
815:
809:
802:
796:
795:
788:
782:
781:
774:
765:
764:
762:
760:
740:
727:
726:
709:
696:
693:
687:
686:
684:
682:
671:
591:
572:
551:Operation Aerial
527:Beauman Division
520:Operation Dynamo
497:105 mm howitzers
473:Battle of France
457:Second World War
310:Battle of France
302:Second World War
281:
125:
33:
24:
19:
18:
2721:
2720:
2716:
2715:
2714:
2712:
2711:
2710:
2676:
2675:
2672:
2662:
2660:
2652:
2650:
2645:
2632:
2595:
2554:Bob Semple tank
2494:
2487:White Scout Car
2454:Armoured trucks
2449:
2432:
2422:
2395:
2286:
2264:Dingo scout car
2242:
2233:
2173:
2162:
2128:
2092:
2081:
2072:Sherman Firefly
2036:
2003:
1928:
1857:
1848:
1818:
1813:
1810:interwar period
1771:
1697:Stridsvagn m/31
1652:Medium Mark III
1642:Landsverk L-120
1614:
1605:
1573:
1540:
1480:
1432:
1420:
1287:
1214:
1209:
1161:
1149:
1130:
1114:
1109:
1104:
1100:
1087:
1086:
1082:
1071:
1064:
1055:
1051:
1046:
1042:
1037:
1033:
1014:
1012:
1011:on 3 April 2012
1003:
1002:
998:
988:
986:
977:New, Laurence.
975:
971:
966:
962:
943:
939:
930:
926:
916:
914:
905:New, Laurence.
903:
899:
890:
886:
877:
873:
866:
848:Fletcher, David
845:
841:
834:
816:
812:
803:
799:
790:
789:
785:
776:
775:
768:
758:
756:
744:The Tank Museum
741:
730:
713:The Tank Museum
710:
699:
694:
690:
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678:
673:
672:
668:
664:
635:
612:The Tank Museum
608:
607:
606:
605:
601:
600:
599:
592:
584:
583:
573:
562:
481:Battle of Arras
441:
431:instead of the
424:
418:
394:First World War
346:Sir John Carden
330:
285:
271:
269:
245:
230:
228:
220:
210:
208:
191:
81:Sir John Carden
64:In service
59:Service history
36:
22:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2719:
2709:
2708:
2703:
2698:
2693:
2688:
2686:Infantry tanks
2671:
2670:
2668:United Kingdom
2647:
2646:
2634:
2633:
2600:
2597:
2596:
2594:
2593:
2588:
2583:
2578:
2573:
2567:
2562:
2557:
2551:
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2541:
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2525:
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2500:
2496:
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2318:
2313:
2308:
2300:
2294:
2292:
2288:
2287:
2285:
2284:
2278:
2275:Lynx Scout Car
2272:
2267:
2261:
2255:
2253:
2246:
2235:
2234:
2232:
2231:
2226:
2221:
2213:
2205:
2197:
2189:
2184:
2178:
2176:
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2152:
2147:
2142:
2136:
2134:
2130:
2129:
2127:
2126:
2120:
2112:
2106:
2104:
2095:
2091:Self-propelled
2087:
2086:
2083:
2082:
2080:
2079:
2074:
2069:
2061:
2055:
2046:
2044:
2038:
2037:
2035:
2034:
2029:
2024:
2019:
2013:
2011:
2009:Infantry tanks
2005:
2004:
2002:
2001:
1995:
1989:
1984:
1979:
1974:
1969:
1964:
1959:
1954:
1952:Cruiser Mk III
1949:
1944:
1938:
1936:
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