 Italian anti-tank units performed well during Operation Brevity, Operation Battleaxe and the "Ariete" Division defeated the 2nd Armoured Brigade at Bir el Gubi on 19 November, during Operation Crusader.At the Battle of Beda Fomm, the British took about over (many still operational), and vehicles.During Operation Compass, the British had advanced , destroyed or captured about and pieces, taken and Italian prisoners of war, besides a vast quantity of other war material.