Mk II "Matilda"

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updatedJanuary 27, 2007
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4 heroes tank

Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew accompanied with their mates: [1]

From left to right:

  • Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
  • Starshiy lejtenant(?-AMVAS) A.I. Vojtov;
  • Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
  • Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.

Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew. The 19th Tank Corps/Central Front, January 1943*2 [5]:

  • Commander - Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
  • Tank driver - Starshiy serzhant A.I. Vojtov;
  • Gunner - Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
  • Radio operator - Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.
Matilda

Tank of the "4 heroes" and its crew. The 19th Tank Corps/Central Front, January 1943*2 [7]:

  • Commander - Starshiy lejtenant N.I. Fokin;
  • Tank driver - Starshiy serzhant A.I. Vojtov;
  • Gunner - Starshiy serzhant P.K. Gladkikh;
  • Radio operator - Starshiy serzhant S.T. Dorozhkin.
<4 heroes> "Tank of the four heroes". The Kalinin Front, winter 1943 [3]
"Matilda" in winter colors organic to the 19th Tank Corps. Central Front, January, 1943*2 [2]NEW
"Matilda" IV. Soviet-German front, winter 1942 [1]
Matilda

"Matilda" of Lt. Razin firing against Getmanovka village. The 64th Tank Brigade. South-Western Front, August 1942 [5]

[Rem. AMVAS - in [4] attack of the same settlement is dated May 14,1942]

"Matilda" IV of the 64th Tank Brigade. South-Western Front, spring 1942 [1]
Matilda Mk II "Matilda" W.D. No. T17761, tactical number 18-17 assigned to the 37th Tank Brigade/6th Army/South-Western Front, May 1942 [4]
[rem. AMVAS - subordination of this vehicle is in contradiction with picture from [1]. At the same time [5] claims the same vehicle assigned to the 64th Tank Brigade]
"Matilda" III, 48th Tank Brigade/6th Army. South-Western Front, May 1942. Lend-lease tanks usually remained their original Britain colors, numbers of Britain Military Department on board and in many cases even English captions and directions. [1]
[rem. AMVAS - subordination of this vehicle is in contradiction with picture from [4]. At the same time [5] claims the same vehicle assigned to the 64th Tank Brigade]
Matilda Mk II "Matilda". The 38th Tank Brigade of the South-Western Front. May 1942 [4]
Matilda Mk II "Matilda". The 38th Tank Brigade of the South-Western Front. May 1942 (second variant of color scheme) [4]
Matilda Mk. II Matilda III assigned to the 132nd Separate Tank Battalion/North-Western Front, January 1942 [6]
"Matilda" from the 21st Tank Corps. South-Western Front, June 1942 [2]NEW
Matildas "Matildas" of the 5th Mechanised Corps on march. On foreground one can see tank equipped with 76mm howitzer. The South-Western Front, October 1943 [1,2] updated
"Matilda" from the 5th Mechanised Corps. South-Western Front. October 1943 [2]NEW

 

*1 - Rem. AMVAS: On Oct. 1 - Nov. 1 the 196th Tank Brigade was subordinated to the 30th Army/Western Front. The 10th Tank Corps was deployed on Oct. 1-Nov.1 in the Moscow Military District. The 10th Army was subordinated to the Western Front.

So, both captions seems to contain many mistakes. My guess is the 196th Tank Brigade/30th Army/Western Front.

 

*2 - Rem. AMVAS: Some mistakes can be here because of: The Central Front was formed on Feb. 15 from the Don Front.

the 19th Tank Corps on Feb. 1'43 belonged to the Bryansk Front.

 

See also: Lend-Lease "Matildas" in Soviet Units


Literature
  1. Bronekollektsia, Moscow, 4/2001
  2. Tankomaster, Moscow, 6/1999
  3. "Tanki Vtoroy mirovoy voiny. Soviet Army " (Album) Moscow, Technika-Molodezhi, 2000
  4. A. Galushko, M. Kolomiets. "Boi za Kharkov v Mae 1942 goda", Frontovaya Illyustratsia/Frontline Illustration, 6/2000 (2nd ed.)
  5. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchanskiy, "Tanki Lend-Liza", Exprint, Moscow, 2000
  6. S.Bylinin, "Bitva za Moskvu", Exprint, Moscow, 2004
  7. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchansky, "Kamuflazh Tankov Krasnoy Armii, 1930-1945", Armada-Vertical, No. 5, Exprint, Moscow, 1999.

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