In December 1939, Hobart was replaced by Major-General Michael O’Moore Creagh at the head of the Mobile Division. But shipping the full complement of an armored division took time and the new division would be far from being entirely equipped at the outbreak of the war in September 1939. Placed under the command of Major-General Percy “ Hobo ” Hobart, it started receiving additional units, including a motor battalion, 25-pdr guns & Cruiser tanks to replace its obsolete Vickers (medium) tanks. Things began to change from 1938 when it was decided to increase it to division strength. Despite its name, the Mobile Force was severely ill-equipped and hardly able to move at all, being usually referred to as the Immobile Farce within its own ranks. The 7th Armoured Division traces its origins to the Matruh Mobile Force, a brigade-sized cavalry unit created in Egypt from 1935 to face the threat of Italian military build-up in Libya & Abyssinia. Let’s start this new round of divisional accounts with one of Great Britain’s most famous (and most requested by the community) WW2 division: the 7th Armoured Division, a.k.a “ The Desert Rats “. As announced last week, the second DLC for Steel Division: Normandy 44, Back to Hell, will feature 4 new divisions, 2 exclusive ace models, as well as 7 historical missions, including 5 in cooperative play.
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