Complex sentence: This meant they were mounted in soft skinned trucks, eventually with some 2-pounder anti-guns but were still chronically ill-equipped, especially of radio, when they went into action in April 1941.
Split into simpler sentences: This meant they were mounted in soft skinned trucks with eventually some 2-pounder guns. They were chronically short-equipped, especially of radio, even when they went into action in April 1941.