British Matilda - Used throughout the war?

No Matildas in '44 NW Europe.

Only late war Matildas are the Australian Frogs in New Guinea.

Highly unlikely. Soviets may have had some of their Matildas still running as late as 1944 (IIRC production was continued until 1943 for that purpose). Germans captured several after Dunkirk and never threw anything away, although whether they were still gun tanks or had been converted to some other use is unclear.

Regards,

Moramarth

Rommel supposedly chose one as his personal vehicle.

(kim)

I believe he used the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, based on the AEC Matador (not Matilda!) truck.

Wulf

Wulf Corbett wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too.

Ah, well, it was an AEC...

Wulf

Wulf Corbett wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

hey, i cheated.....

Hold on, we're both right, the Dorchester was based on the Matador chassis...

Wulf

Wulf Corbett wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

ah, sher gut. i forgot how to do an umlatt on a qwerty windows pos.....

None. Matildas were withdrawn before the end of the North African campaign. They were used against the Japanese in the far east through the late war years. Gerald Owens

Moramarth wrote

I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture (probably in an Almark(?) pamphlet on German SPGs of foreign origin) showing a Matilda with a gun (memory says a French 47mm AT gun but I don't know it the French even had 47mm AT guns) mounted in a home-made looking square box where the turret should be.

They also stuck 37mm PAKs onto Universal carriers, which look quite cute, if ineffective.

One Matilda, with 5cm PAK, used for coastal defense.