Part 1 – The Infantry Tank Mark II, Matilda II (A12) in Service with the Canadian Army Overseas
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by Mark W. Tonner Introduction The Matilda II (A12) was an ‘Infantry’ (or ‘I’) tank which was specifically designed to fight in close support of infantry operations, or as the British General Staff defined it, “the role of the infantry tank is the assault in the deliberate battle in conjunction with other supporting arms.” For…
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Part 1 – The Infantry Tank Mark II, Matilda II (A12) in Service
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A.12, Infantry Tank Mk.II, Matilda II - Tank Encyclopedia
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Matilda II, Military Wiki
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Panzerserra Bunker- Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale: Matilda I
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Part 2 – The Infantry Tank Mark II, Matilda II (A12) in Service
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Panzerserra Bunker- Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale: Matilda
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Panzerserra Bunker- Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale: Matilda I
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Infantry Tank Mark II, Matilda (1937)
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