I came across this newsreel from 1943. At appr 01:00 it shows the heavy weapons left by the Axis, collected and neatly parked in rows one year after the battle ended.
https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4694
After reading a lot about the battle lately, i`m curious for a more detailed list of captured equipment. From small arms to tanks and artillery. (types and numbers captured).
I know the total figures for Axis losses was around 500 tanks and 250 artillery pieces, but can it be broken down to details?
There must be an official record/document made by 8th army somewhere.
Thanks in advance for any answers!
Regarding official records in particular, there are, but they're not online. If you're in the UK, you can get a reader's ticket at the National Archives in Kew and see them. The official Eighth Army report, dated Nov 1942, is at WO 201/555; the MO4/MI4 intelligence report (1943) is at WO 106/6057. The latter would almost certainly include discussions of captured enemy materiel across the entire Lightfoot operation, although the former should as well. Reports that may also include such information are scattered about in WO 201's Eighth Army files, based on examples from the East African campaign records I saw last year, but again these are not yet online. (You can get them scanned if you're inclined to spend the dosh, but I'd look at them first...)
If any later authors who include the campaign have transcribed tabular reports of recovered enemy equipment, I have not yet seen it, even though they've definitely used these reports overall.