Matilda Mk II Infantry Tank

These, along with Valentines, were the first tanks to be sent to the USSR. Several hundred were sent in late 1941 and 1942: some Matildas arrived in time to participate in the winter battles before Moscow. Most Matildas kept the 2-pounder (40mm) gun (that fired only armor-piercing ammunition, hence the low AP value) but some were converted to carry the same 76mm gun found on the T-34c (AT value 22, AP value 18).

Valentine

Two major Marks of this tank were produced, the Mark 3 with a 2 pounder gun, and (later in 1942-3) the Mark 9 with a 6-pounder (approximately equal to a 57mm). Almost 2,700 Valentines were sent to Russia in 1941-3.

Churchill

Culmination of the "Infantry Tank" concept in British design (strong armor, pitiful gun and speed). About 250 of the Mark 3 and Mark 4 versions, carrying a 2-pounder and 6-pounder gun respectively, were sent in 1942-3. Most of them went to the 49th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, which fought at Kursk in thesummer of 1943.

More Stalin's Yanks

Introduction
British Tanks
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Early War Soviet Tanks