Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1940 an sanye da rukunin tare da 8 x 4.5 inch Howitzers & 4 x 18/25 pounder bindigogi, ya kasance a cikin Burtaniya har zuwa 1944 ana haɗe da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban: 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division daga tattarawa har zuwa 9 ga Yuni 1942, sannan 42nd Armored Division har zuwa 3 ga Mayu 1943. Lokacin da aka kafa rundunar sojojin 21 a watan Yulin 1943 don shirya don mamayewar Allied na Normandy (Operation Overlord), an sanya 86th Fd Rgt zuwa I Corps a matsayin rundunar bindigogi mai zaman kanta. A wannan lokacin ya yi amfani da sabbin motocin bindigogi masu amfani da kansu da suka hada da Bishop, Firist da kuma bindigogi masu amfani da kansu na Sexton. An horar da rundunar a cikin fasahohin kai hari na amphibious don Overlord a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sojoji na Sojoji na Biyu, wanda aka ba da izini don tallafawa Rukunin Sojoji na 50 (Northumbrian) a ranar D-Day (6 ga Yuni 1944). Daga baya ya shiga cikin wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe: Normandy, Antwerp, Nijmegen
, Ardennes, Rhine Ƙetare, Bremen.