Just one point of contention, in 1941, the Matilda II's two-pounder AT gun was still pretty good and could penetrate the armour of most German and all Italian tanks at mid-range. It's really drawback was the lack of an HE round (which did exist but wasn't shipped in decent amounts to crews, and also, being two pounds wasn't very effective against hard targets), limiting is use for infantry support to laying down smoke rounds to cover infantry advance
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