Mark II Male tank No.788 called Lusitania. It was named after the sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War. On 24th March 1917, this tank was part of C Battalion, 9th Company and moved by train to Montenescourt.

The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. [1] The design began as the A12 specification in 1936, as a gun-armed counterpart to the first British infantry tank, the machine gun armed, two-man A11 Infantry Tank Mark I.

The Vickers Medium Mark II was a British medium tank built by Vickers during the interwar period of the First and Second World Wars. The Medium Mark II, derived from the Vickers Medium Mark I, was developed to replace the last of the Medium Mark Cs still in use. Production and rebuilding ran from 1925 until 1934.

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was a cruiser tank developed alongside the A9 cruiser tank, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type. In practice, it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser". It …

It is the oldest surviving tank that saw combat in the world. The Mark II was built as an un-armoured training tank in 1917. However, due to shortages, 26 Mark IIs took part in the battle of Arras in 1917.

Infantry tank (A12) Matilda II Mk.I pre-series, "Gamecock", 7th RTR, 1st Armoured Brigade, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), western Belgium, May 1940. This is an early "long" version, equipped with the trench-crossing tail, mufflers, and Vickers coaxial machine-gun, protected by a large armored mantlet.

2017年8月6日 · The Matilda, or the “British Mk.2” as it came to be called, received mixed reviews from the Soviets. Its armor, comparable to that of their own KV-1 Heavy Tanks, was much appreciated. One Soviet Matilda crew member claimed his tank received 87 non-penetrating hits. Its general reliability was also highly regarded.

2012年7月29日 · When Germany invaded France in May 1940, the 7th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Expeditionary Force in France had 23 Matilda II's, along with 27 Matilda I's and 7 Light Tank, Mk VI's. Until British reinforcements arrived in France on 17 May 1940, the Matilda II was the only tank in the BEF armed with more than a machine gun.

2016年12月11日 · In 1928, a tank with serial number T.198 was converted into a commander's tank, known as the Medium Mk.II Box Tank. This name was very appropriate for the result. Instead of a fighting compartment and turret, the tank had a large box-like structure with Vickers machineguns around the perimeter.

As the best British tank in service in 1940 was the Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda, which was almost immune to German and Italian anti-tank and tank guns then in use. The Matildas are the spearheads of the British armour in the successful Libyan campaign in late 1940