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Model Forum / General / Models / July 2009British Matilda - Used throughout the war?
wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war diorama settings in Europe. thx - Craig any chance of a Matilda vs. King Tiger encounter? :-) > wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war > diorama settings in Europe. > > thx - Craig > > any chance of a Matilda vs. King Tiger encounter? :-) No Matildas in '44 NW Europe. Only late war Matildas are the Australian Frogs in New Guinea. > wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war > diorama settings in Europe. > > thx - Craig > > any chance of a Matilda vs. King Tiger encounter? :-) Highly unlikely. Soviets may have had some of their Matildas still running as late as 1944 (IIRC production was continued until 1943 for that purpose). Germans captured several after Dunkirk and never threw anything away, although whether they were still gun tanks or had been converted to some other use is unclear. Regards, Moramarth >> wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war >> diorama settings in Europe. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > anything away, although whether they were still gun tanks or had been > converted to some other use is unclear. Rommel supposedly chose one as his personal vehicle. (kim) "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in news:s- WdnRJOGL9g5PHXnZ2dnUVZ8sednZ2d@giganews.com: >>> wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war >>> diorama settings in Europe. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > (kim) i've read that he used a big carvan command vehicle in africa. his little room had a cot and a pic of adolph....tho that part is suspect. his wife was a bit btter looking than the f.cker, fuhrer, whatever. the story i heard was that the cermans captured several early on and he liked them so they became part of his circus. cookie? On Jul 26, 12:04�pm, "some...@some.domain" <some...@some.domain> wrote: > "kim" <ntscu...@aol.com> wrote in news:s- > WdnRJOGL9g5PHXnZ2dnUVZ8sedn...@giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Rommel had a captured British 4 x 4 armoured command vehicle - can't recal the name of the truck but he named it "Mammut" (Mammoth) and used it. Think that is the one you are talking about. Cookie Sewell > On Jul 26, 12:04�pm, "some...@some.domain" <some...@some.domain> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Cookie Sewell yes. i the i was with rommel or rommel adjutant, whatever book, the author says they called them caravans. it was kind of a quickie book, obviously exploitational, so that may be bullshit. the author has some questionable opinions and is loose with battle facts. the only good part was when that general, whats-his name , got his a.s killed going to the front. the author makes it sound like a mojor cluster intercourse and that reads pretty well. >Rommel had a captured British 4 x 4 armoured command vehicle - can't >recal the name of the truck but he named it "Mammut" (Mammoth) and >used it. Think that is the one you are talking about. I believe he used the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, based on the AEC Matador (not Matilda!) truck. Wulf >>Rommel had a captured British 4 x 4 armoured command vehicle - can't >>recal the name of the truck but he named it "Mammut" (Mammoth) and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Wulf this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too. http://www.afrikakorps.org/mammoth.htm >this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too. > >http://www.afrikakorps.org/mammoth.htm Ah, well, it was an AEC... Wulf >>this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Wulf hey, i cheated..... >this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too. > >http://www.afrikakorps.org/mammoth.htm Hold on, we're both right, the Dorchester was based on the Matador chassis... Wulf >>this says it was a dorchester, good pic, too. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Wulf ah, sher gut. i forgot how to do an umlatt on a qwerty windows pos..... > Germans captured several after Dunkirk and never threw > anything away, although whether they were still gun tanks or had been > converted to some other use is unclear. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture (probably in an Almark(?) pamphlet on German SPGs of foreign origin) showing a Matilda with a gun (memory says a French 47mm AT gun but I don't know it the French even had 47mm AT guns) mounted in a home-made looking square box where the turret should be. They also stuck 37mm PAKs onto Universal carriers, which look quite cute, if ineffective. > I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture (probably in an Almark(?) pamphlet on > German SPGs of foreign origin) showing a Matilda with a gun (memory says a > French 47mm AT gun but I don't know it the French even had 47mm AT guns) > mounted in a home-made looking square box where the turret should be. One Matilda, with 5cm PAK, used for coastal defense. > wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war > diorama settings in Europe. > > thx - Craig > > any chance of a Matilda vs. King Tiger encounter? :-) None. Matildas were withdrawn before the end of the North African campaign. They were used against the Japanese in the far east through the late war years. Gerald Owens |
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