1) That's not two regiments other than in name.After Beda Fomm only twelve cruiser tanks and forty light tanks were in action.
2) The two regiments are one of less than Squadron strength of cruisers and one almost full strength of lights.
I don't actually. A war diary would record activity and arrivals/departures of tanks. That's what I am looking for.You know the reason they were not brought forward earlier.
One is 5 R.T.R. - which one is the other? Presume 3 R.T.R. which was instead sent off to Greece, and lost a vast amount of its tanks there due to mechanical issues (see 'The Gods were Neutral'), which tells us something about how many of its tanks would have made it to Agheila and thence to Tripoli?the two fresh cruiser regiments of 2nd Armoured Division
I also note this regarding pre-Beda Fomm:
Which would mean the tanks would have struggled even more to make it onwards from Agheila.7th Armoured Division [...] in its mechanically doubtful condition
How many tanks did 1 R.T.R. in the Delta have? They went into Tobruk with 11 cruisers, but was that because they had no more?