Matilda

Slow, heavily armoured British tank developed in 1937 to accompany an infantry assault.

The Matilda I was used in France in 1940. It was an 11 ton tank with a crew of two, armed with a single machine gun but with 60 mm/2.5 in armour plate.

Matilda II was a far better tank, a 26-tonner with crew of four, armed with a two-pounder or 3 in gun plus a machine gun, and 78 mm/3 in of armour. It was used extensively in North Africa and the Middle East and later in Borneo and New Guinea. Several were also sent to the USSR.