Editing Matilda II (section)

==IRL==
The Matilda II was one of the British mainstays of the early-war. A product of British infantry tank doctrine, it was ''very'' slow and cumbersome, but had armor that was equivalent to the Russian KV-1 heavy. This was during the time when the only real competition were Panzer IIIs, and when 75mm cannons were mostly limited to either howitzers or field guns. The 2-pdr could punch straight through most other vehicles of the time (but not itself), and in North Africa, it pretty much destroyed Italian tankettes, much to their embarrassment.

This does not mean the Matilda was unstoppable: the tank's slow speed meant that the Germans simply needed to outmaneuver it and hit it from its more vulnerable sides; PaKs could also take one down when close, and the German 88s could destroy them at pretty much any range. The 2-pdr cannon also had inadequate performance when shooting HE shells, and it only had one coaxial MG. The tank was also cramped as hell, which made the tank understandably unbearable in the hot deserts of North Africa. 

Changing German Tactics, as well as the up-gunning of their Panzers, meant that the Matilda soon became obsolete, and it would be replaced with the [[Valentine]] and the Crusaders, which were better suited to carry larger weapons and out-maneuver Panzers respectively. While unsuited for the open spaces of North Africa, the Matildas were still quite effective in the Pacific, where its short-ranged and slow-speed was less of a problem, and where its thick armor was all but impenetrable, unless [[Attilan Rough Riders|some poor idiot with a land mine on a stick showed up.]] [[Katanas are Underpowered in d20|Japanese AT weapons were wild, man]]. 



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