David Fletcher

When the fighting in the West began the Germans simply did not oblige with the static defensive positions that Infantry tanks had been designed to assault. Rather they exploited mobility over a wide front and the Matildas wore themselves out trying to stem the flood.

The Sherwood Rangers, who refer to their Sunshine disguise as a Sun Bonnet recall "it was a miracle if a Crusader engine functioned for 36 hours without some strange and terrible trouble developping".