 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Matilda Mk I, A11 uye Matilda II A12 matangi ehondo akarwa pamwechete muFrance sechikamu che1st Army Tank Brigade yeBritish Expeditionary Force muHondo yeFrance. Vakabatanidzwa mukudzivirira nekurwisa kurwisa kuArras kurwisa kupindirwa neNazi Germany muna Chivabvu 1940, vachiparadza kwenguva pfupi 7th Panzer Division pasi paRommel. Muhondo iyi, zvikamu zve motokari dzeSS regiment Totenkopf yakazowedzerwa kuva SS-Division Totenkopf dzakakundwa, zvombo zvavo zve anti-tank zvaive zvisina basa pakurwisa zvombo zveBritish Matilda. Rommel akaisa zvimwe zvombo zvake zvekuzvidzivirira pakurwisa kwemunharaunda, asi akawana pfuti dze Panzer II uye Panzer 38 t matangi aisakwanisa kupinza zvombo zveMatildas. Achida kudzivirira kuputsika kweBritain, Rommel akarayira kuti zvombo zveFlaK 18 zvinopesana nendege uye zvombo zvepamba zviumbwe mumutsetse wekudzivirira uye kupfura anti-tank uye HE kutenderera mukuedza kwekupedzisira kumisa Matildas, uye izvi zvakamisa matangi eBritish. Kurwiswa uku kwakaita kuti vatungamiri veGermany vatye, uye hondo iyi inonzi yakaita kuti vakuru vakuru veGermany vasavimba neGermany OKW uye inogona kunge iri imwe yezvikonzero zvekuvhunduka kweGermany musi wa24 Chivabvu izvo zvakapa BEF mukana mudiki wekutanga kubuda muDunkirk.. Simba guru reBritain raive ne58 chete pfuti dzeMatilda Is uye 16 QF 2-pounder pfuti dzeMatilda II dzakatsigirwa nemotokari shoma dzakareruka. 