Infantry Tank
Mark II (A12) "Matilda II"
Infanterie-Kampfpanzer Mark II 748(e)
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Afrikakorps 1941
Lybia 1941
18 May Afrikakorps reported
four Mark II captured.
27 May Afrikakorps reported
seven new Mark II captured, only three operational.
18 June 5.Leicht.Div reported five Mark II and 15
Pz.Div with Pz.Rgt.8 have a Beutepanzer-Zug with seven Mathilda II.
“Dreadnought”T-6970
1941,27 May. This Infanterie
Panzerkampfwagen MK II Nicknamed “Dreadnought” from the 4th RTR was captured
in Halfaya pass, and returned to service by 8 Panzer-Regiment of the
15.Panzer-Division.
(From e-shop)
(From e-shop)
(Picture from book Regenberger, Dr. Werner: Scheiben. Horst. "Beutepanzer unterm Balkenkreuz")
(From e-shop)
(Picture
from John Healey "Panzer in Nord Afrika" Concord. Armor at war series 7043.)
T-7007
1941, 3 December . Australians
soldiers recapture a Matilda tank, previously captured by the Germans, and take
prisoner its German crew. It had been knocked out by an anti-tank gun after an
attempt to break through the Allied lines.
(Source unknown)
(From Batailles Blindes No80)
(Source unknown)
(From "The Australian War Memorial")