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In a recent video, we covered the history of the British-built Matilda II infantry tank in Australian service. Arriving in mid-1942, the 200 tanks imported straight from the British Empire made up the core of the Australian armored forces until the end of World War II, and were praised for their compact size and extraordinary durability in the face of enemy fire. But fighting in the Pacific theater was anything but conventional, and required both new tactics and new equipment to be rapidly developed and rushed to the front lines. Today, we’ll be discussing the three major variants of the Matilda II design that emerged from this environment; the Matilda Frog, the Matilda Hedgehog, and finally the Matilda Dozer.
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Sources:
Infantry Tank Mark IIA* Specifications, The Vulcan Foundary Ltd by designer Sir John Dodd August 1940
Infantry Tank Mark II manual, War Department
Osprey Publishing, New Vanguard #8, Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-45
Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond and Australian War Memorial
Australian armour : a history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, 1927-1972 D Fletcher
Matilda infantry tank 1939-1945 Bingham, James
Australian Sentinel and Matildas AWM54, 347/4/1, [Flame Projectors – Inventions:] Flame throwers, Submission of designs. Narratives of the development, design and production of flame thrower transportable No 2, Aust “Frog” and flame thrower Cordite operated, designed by Major A E Miller, 21 April 1945
Infantry Tank Mark II Specifications, by J.S. DODD The Vulcan Foundry Ltd, Locomotive Works, August 1940
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Sound edited by Jeran Korak
In a recent video, we covered the history of the British-built Matilda II infantry tank in Australian service. Arriving in mid-1942, the 200 tanks imported straight from the British Empire made up the core of the Australian armored forces until the end of World War II, and were praised for their compact size and extraordinary durability in the face of enemy fire. But fighting in the Pacific theater was anything but conventional, and required both new tactics and new equipment to be rapidly developed and rushed to the front lines. Today, we’ll be discussing the three major variants of the Matilda II design that emerged from this environment; the Matilda Frog, the Matilda Hedgehog, and finally the Matilda Dozer.
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Article: tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/australia/matilda-frog-and-murray-ft-flame-tank
Sources:
Infantry Tank Mark IIA* Specifications, The Vulcan Foundary Ltd by designer Sir John Dodd August 1940
Infantry Tank Mark II manual, War Department
Osprey Publishing, New Vanguard #8, Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-45
Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond and Australian War Memorial
Australian armour : a history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, 1927-1972 D Fletcher
Matilda infantry tank 1939-1945 Bingham, James
Australian Sentinel and Matildas AWM54, 347/4/1, [Flame Projectors – Inventions:] Flame throwers, Submission of designs. Narratives of the development, design and production of flame thrower transportable No 2, Aust “Frog” and flame thrower Cordite operated, designed by Major A E Miller, 21 April 1945
Infantry Tank Mark II Specifications, by J.S. DODD The Vulcan Foundry Ltd, Locomotive Works, August 1940
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An article by Thomas Anderson
Narrated by Jeran Korak
Edited by @battlehammerwot
Sound edited by Jeran Korak
