Alternate ww2 hybrid weapons projects

Talking of the Matilda...take a look at the piccie in post by phylo-roadking on the 4th Feb.

A Matilda with a rather wide turret...

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=174002&start=195

Could cause some severe problems for the Germans if possible and available in 1940, he does go onto say.

The standard Matilda had a turret ring of 54.25 inches; the Churchill, that was progressively upgunned from 2pdr to 6pdr to 75mm had a turret ring of...54.25 inches!
 
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The Matildas were also converted to ‘circus equipment’ for specific intended use throughout the South West Pacific war zone. One type developed named a Frog were specially modified with a flamethrower in place of their main armament for burning out bunkers, tunnels, buildings and other strongpoints of the enemy. Other Australian produced circus equipment was the CS Matilda armed with an 3inch (75mm) Howitzer, the Matilda Hedgehog another bunker buster with a piece of weaponry from naval anti-submarine stores.


http://worldatwar.net/article/australiantank/tankpacific.html

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Matilda Hedgehog A naval Hedgehog 7-barrel spigot mortar was mounted in an armoured box on the rear hull of several Australian Matilda tanks. The mortars were hydraulically elevated and electrically fired either individually or in a salvo of six, the fifth tube could not be fired until the turret was traversed to move the radio antenna out of the bomb's flightpath. Each bomb weighed 65 lb (29 kg) and contained 30 to 35 lb (14 to 16 kg) of high explosive, the range of the bombs was up to 400 metres and aiming accomplished by pointing the entire tank as the mortars had no traverse independent of the hull of the tank.

http://anonymous-generaltopics.blogspot.com/2010/01/matilda-ii.html
 
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