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A photo taken near Tobruk during (or just after) the Operation Crusader https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C7602 shows the battle-damaged A12 Matilda II WD No. T-10132 T-10133. Just behind (and slightly above) the serial there's some individual name of this tank, probably consisting of two words, with first half stencilled in black and the other in white. Does anybody know the name of the T-10132 T-10133? Or maybe somebody can decipher it from the mentioned photo? The tank itself is very interesting, because (given the barely noticeable contrast between the colours in the Caunter scheme) it could be one of the very few (the other is T-10085 Grimsby) Matildas in the Light Sand/Silver Grey/Khaki Green variation of the pattern. Usually Light Sand was used only in conjunction with Dark Slate as the darkest shade, while most vehicles with Khaki Green left in lieu of the Slate (i.e. shipped from the UK to Egypt in plain G3 camo without G4 or Tarmac areas), had a much brighter Portland Stone as the hull basic colour. Any ideas, gentlemen? Cheers Michael
