German. Italian. Total. Personnel 17,000 18,000 35,000 Tanks 62ø 50 112 Medium and field guns 50 130 180 Anti-tank guns 70 60 130 8.8 cm. antiaircraft/anti40 40 tank guns ø It is not known whether this figure includes 17 medium tanks which arrived in Libya in the middle of December, 1941. (b) Further west, in Tripolitania, 22,000 frontier guards and native troops, of low fighting value, and 24 German 8.8 cm. anti-aircraft/anti-tank guns. 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German.