I don't even know how you would define 'elite', and I think it is a pretty pointless moniker that doesn't tell us anything worth knowing. I think 5 R.T.R. was a well-trained and professional outfit that you the right end from the wrong end of its business. So was PR5. So what?ClintHardware wrote:I was not comparing regiments or armoured brigades I was comparing how historians have failed to report the history that is there within the elements of reported and also the unreported data we can access. And in terms of "elite" 5th RTR had 23 worn out A13s on the 31st March of which only 11 faced II. Panzer Regiment 5 on the 2nd April and still caused them significant damage - and 5th RTR were not followed or pursued by panzers. That is the action of an elite unit against great odds.Urmel wrote:The comparison also fails because the tanks that re-equipped 3 Armoured Brigade all were new issues to the formation, while PR5 had to make do with what was shipped to North Africa, except for some minor reinforcements (none of which had arrived by May I think).
You brought up the comparison of 3 Armoured Brigade and PR5, not me, not Brevity. My point is simply that it's not a valid comparison to make in the way you made it. This observation has nothing to do with what injustice historians may or may not have done to 3 Armoured Brigade