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The combat power of armor units changes over time in Desert War 1940-42. This is due to the fact that tables of organization (TO&E), armor thickness, gun size and the penetration capability of anti-tank ammunition changed as the war progressed. Here is a sampling of the impacts of those changes on how armor battalions are represented across time in Desert War:

This is the full set for the Italian Army:



Attack and defense factors for Armor units were based upon the capabilities of their guns and ammunition and their armor thickness, angles of attack, etc. For example:




This is the full set for the German Army:






The following is a representation of the multitude of different British tank battalion organizations that existed between 1940-42:

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Tanks of the Early North-Africa Campaigns, by The Chieftain - WW2 Special

"The Chieftain takes us to North-Africa, where he talks us through the tanks that were used during the first months of the Battles in North-Africa between the Italians and Germans on the one side and British and commonwealth forces on the other." -- WW2 Week-by-week

https://youtu.be/MThsZH0tXu8