Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Matilda’s demise in North Africa was caused by attrition, as destroyed hulls were replaced by other tanks, rather than being directly replaced with new Matildas.

The Matilda II, or just Matilda as it was later called, was what the British called an infantry tank. As opposed to bigger cruiser-style tanks with heavier guns, infantry tanks were meant to accompany ...

In the early days of North Africa, the Matilda II seemed unstoppable, shrugging off nearly every Axis gun. But at Hellfire Pass in 1941, Rommel’s Afrika Korps unveiled the fearsome 88mm gun—and the ...

In this video, we look back at the Matilda infantry tank, one of Britain’s most respected armored vehicles of World War II.