Tamiya 32572 1/48 Matilda II Mk.III/IV

Infantry Tank Mark IIA - Matilda II Mk.III/IV (A12)

World War Two
British infantry tank
Mediterranean (North Africa) Theater
Mark II A - "A" denoted a change in armament. (Vickers machine gun replaced by Besa machine gun)
Infantry Tank Mark II.A.* (Matilda II Mk III) - New Leyland diesel engine used in place of AEC engines.
Infantry Tank Mark II (Matilda II Mk IV) - With improved engines, rigid mounting and no turret lamp
Matilda was supplanted by Infantry Tank Mk III Valentine beginning in late 1941
The Lend-Lease policy, British Churchill, Matilda and Valentine tanks were shipped to the Soviet Union