to be moved at least , but there was insufficient transport to build up a sufficient stockpile of supplies for the division. The division's staff were undertrained for the task they were asked to perform. While brave, the tank crews were inflexible and failed to follow their tactical training. British tactical doctrine encouraged ambush counter-attacks, but the formation failed to undertake any. At the squadron and regimental level, the chain of command impeded mobility, as permission was needed to move a single tank from an assigned position. This resulted in rapid tank losses once combat was underway. At the higher level, the division received instructions from Gambier-Parry, Neame, Wavell, and O'Connor. This overlapping chain of command resulted in delayed, misunderstood, mixed, and changed orders that severely impeded the division's capability. Due to these factors, the general and historian David Fraser wrote, once "the Germans chose to drive across the chord of the Cyrenaican arc there was little to stop them". At no point during the Axis advance, did the division offer a threat or hindrance. However, when they did engage, both sides lacked flexibility and acted against their own doctrines. Furthermore, the German lack of understanding of what the 2nd Armoured Division was doing resulted in their 5th Light Division having to send 83 tanks to workshops for repairs after they had chased the 2nd Armoured Division through the desert. General officer commanding Orders of battle December 1939 – October 1940 1st Light Armoured Brigade (assigned 19 January 1940, and renamed the 1st Armoured Brigade on 14 April) 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars (until 14 August 1940) 4th Queen's Own Hussars 1st King's Dragoon Guards 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment (from 11 August 1940) 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade (assigned 15 January 1940, and renamed the 22nd Armoured Brigade on 14 April) 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 3rd Armoured Brigade (assigned 5 October 1940) 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Support Group (assigned 5 February 1940) 1st Battalion The Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment 12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (until 7 August 1940) 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (from 11 July 1940) 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (until 9 June 1940) 142nd Field Park Troop (from 30 March 1940 until 9 June)