Its units took unnecessary risks and had a higher casualty rate than the army.[111] Generaloberst Fedor von Bock was quite critical; following an April 1940 visit of the SS-Totenkopf division, he found their battle training was "insufficient".[112] Hitler thought the criticism was typical of the army's "outmoded conception of chivalry."[113] In its defense, the SS insisted that its armed formations had been hampered by having to fight piecemeal and were improperly equipped by the army.[111]