This is actually and idea I had for the Japan 46 GB, but was looking for a cheap ass older Tamiya Matilda, which I never found in time. Plus a deal of procrastination of course.
Australians used the Matilda a lot during the Pacific theater, even developing the Frog flame thrower. They were used a lot to winkle out bunker positions.
So my thoughts were, what if as we got closer to the Japanese Homeland, the bunkers became more elaborate and existing methods proved harder to bust the bunkers.
The Petard on the Churchill AVRE proved very successful during the European campaign post D-Day, so why not source a few of those and fit into the existing Matilda's, thereby not introducing a new type, just modifying existing vehicles.
I ended up getting a new mold Tamiya Matilda and it is terrific. Easy to build and very accurate. I got the Desert version.
Mr Hindsight jumped in later to shout, very loudly, that I should have got the Russian version release as that had the more correct tracks for Australian use, being the heavy tracks.
So here is where we are at, out of the box except for the obvious Petard Mortar fitting from the AFV Club Churchill
Still working a way to load the Mortar as the room at the front does not have the room a Churchill does for the manual loading method. I am loathe to have the driver do it, so I am thinking a hatch may appear next to the driver somewhere maybe at the 1 o'clock or 11 O'clock position, that the loader has to worm up to to load a round into a semi mechanical rammer mechanism.
This will be in a holding pattern for a while until some stuff arrives from Firestorm, such as the Australian Matilda Mods (heavy front Mudguards, turret splash fitting etc) and some appropriate decals. And of course.. the Bronco heavy track set that Mr Hindsight is still sitting on my shoulder being smarmy about.