Matilda II Variants on Display Australian Army Tank Museum. British Infantry Tanks.

The Australian Army Tank Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria holds a collection of armored vehicles of interest to the School of Armour which trains personnel at this operational military base.
This footage was shot on Thursday 06-Oct-2022 and is of the display of Matilda II variants at the museum.
442 Matilda II Infantry tanks were supplied to the Australian army between 1942 and 1944. The Australian 4th Armored Brigade used them against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific Area, first in the Huon Peninsula campaign in October 1943. Matilda II tanks remained in action until the last day of the war in the Wewak, Bougainville and Borneo campaigns, which made the Matilda the only British tank to remain in service throughout the war. The Matilda's heavy armour provided reasonably effective protection. In this fighting, the close-support version of the Matilda, armed with the QF 3-inch howitzer was employed.
Local modifications to the tanks included improving the waterproofing, fitting guards at the front of the vehicle to stop vegetation fouling the suspension, and metal panels making it harder for Japanese soldiers to attach adhesive demolition charges to the hull.
The Matilda Frog, an Australian-modified version of the tank that replaced the gun with a flamethrower was used against Japanese forces on Borneo. Another Australian version, the Matilda Hedgehog, could fire seven 65-pound high trajectory shells at enemy positions.
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