Equipment for mobile war did not guarantee mental or doctrinal preparation. The British Army is described as fully motorized and mechanized, with the explicit exception of Indian mule companies suited to particular terrain. Much of the German Army still depended on less mobile transport, and both armies remained shaped by First World War experience. British tanks could perform well when concentrated, yet doctrine also dispersed armour in support of infantry formations. Wartime experience forced Britain, Germany, the United States, and others to keep experimenting with the composition of an armoured division. Later arrangements paired armoured and infantry brigades so one could break through while the other held ground and protected the advance during replenishment. Vehicles supplied mobility, but commanders still had to work out how to organize and use it.
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Mechanized for war, but still learning how to use armour
British motorization included terrain-specific exceptions and did not settle how armour and infantry should be organized and fought together.