Matildas

ron · #1 11-12-08, 11:34

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Hi Ryan,
Here are some more pics of the six Matildas that I once owned

ron · #2 11-12-08, 11:46

Thought that you might like these pics of the remains of an old Grant
Ron

Ryan · #3 11-12-08, 11:56

Cheers Ron.
Really enjoying these. Now if only I could come across something like this now and down my way.

Ryan · #4 16-12-08, 00:44

Can anybody work out if the tank and crew are Australian or British?
I'm not sure the Kiwi's had Matilda's did they?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WW2-Tank-Corp...3A1|240%3A1318

McDell Bros · #5 16-12-08, 07:55

A few Matildas were shipped to NZ, not sure how much use they had. As far as I know we sent them to OZ, after removing the 3" howitzers from some of them for our own use

cliff · #6 16-12-08, 10:21

The Australian Govt. purchased all the Matilda tanks that the NZ army had while the NZ army concentrated on Valentine tanks.

ron · #7 17-12-08, 01:38

Just a couple more that I found of my old tanks

ron · #8 17-12-08, 01:43

Different angle

ron · #9 17-12-08, 01:51

By the way of the six that I bought on this day both of the ones that I am showing you today were complete and running, I still have a spare set of engine covers left over that I no longer need

ron · #10 17-12-08, 02:05

The engines were out of these being used elswhere but I got them in the deal

ron · #11 17-12-08, 02:12

These two look like mobile chicken coops

ron · #12 17-12-08, 02:16

This is the last two pics

Ryan · #13 17-12-08, 06:18

Indeed, fine picks Ron.
The chicken coop Matilda, am I correct in guessing it was originally a Matilda dozer? It has attachments on the side for them.

Steve · #14 19-12-08, 02:45

Hi Ron, some very interesting photo's. Just wondering if you could tell us what ever happened to these Tanks. Clearly there was some great potential for a number of restoration projects. Did anything ever become of these tanks or did the scrapper get the better of them?

Cheers
Steve