Fletcher's foreign-service section traces an Infantry Tank Mk I sample sold to Poland in 1939. A surviving photograph suggests that it entered action after the German invasion and was knocked out. German records claim that 97 of the tanks were captured in France, with one dismantled for examination after the type was judged underarmed and underpowered. A captured vehicle nicknamed Oswald became a self-propelled mount for a 50 mm gun, while others went to invasion trials, North Africa, and fixed defences. Matildas captured from the Red Army also lost their turrets and became improvised artillery tractors.
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Matilda foreign service and captured use
A quoted passage follows the Matilda from a Polish evaluation purchase into German capture, testing, reuse, and improvised conversion.