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Matilda II

The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. The design began as the A12 specification in 1936, as a gun-armed counterpart to the first British infantry tank, the machine gun armed,... Wikipedia
Nickname: Queen of the Desert
Armour: 20 to 78 mm (0.79 to 3.07 in)
Crew: 4 (driver, gunner, loader, commander)
Designed: 1937
Engine: 2×diesel 6-cylinder 7-litre engines: 2×AEC or 2×Leyland; 190 bhp (140 kW) Leyland engine
Fuel capacity: 181.8 litres (40.0 imp gal; 48.0 US gal) Internal + 163.3 litres (35.9 imp gal; 43.1 US gal) auxiliary tank
Height: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)