Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwa1941, mapoka matsva eBritain akawanda akanga amutswa uye akanyatsodzidziswa kuita mabasa okubhururuka. Chikamu chikuru chakadai chaive chichangobva kuumbwa 1st Airborne Division, uye musi wa19 Ndira 1942 War Office yakatora danho rekuti chikwata chematangi akareruka chichava pakati pemapoka ekutsigira akabatanidzwa kudhivhizheni. Yakagadzwa kuti Light Tank Squadron, iyi unit yaifanira kuumbwa nematanki gumi nemapfumbamwe akareruka uye yaizoshanda kumberi kwechikamu, vachishandisa kumhanya kwavo kutora zvinangwa nekuvabata kusvikira vabviswa nemamwe mauniti. Chikamu chakasarudzwa kuti chichinjwe kuva Light Tank Squadron chaiva 'C' Special Services Squadron, icho chakanga chaona basa sechikwata chematangi chakazvimirira panguva yeOperation Ironclad, kupindirwa kweMadagascar pakati pa1942. The squadron akanga akashongedzerwawo Tetrarchs, yakanga ichangobva re-vakasarudzwa somunhu airborne tangi kubudikidza War Office. 'C' Squadron yakatumirwa zviri pamutemo ku1st Airborne Division musi wa24 Chikumi 1942, ichiunza nayo Tetrarchs manomwe pakati pemamwe mota dzaive dzakashongedzerwa. The chikwata pakarepo akatanga kudzidziswa, asi haana kugara zvakabatanidzwa 1st Airborne Division kwenguva refu chaizvo; mukati mid-1943, weboka akaendeswa kuMiddle East, apo aizoita pakupedzisira kubatanidzwa Operation Husky, Allied nechisimba chitsuwa yeSisiri
. 'C' Squadron yakaramba iri muBritain zvisinei, sezvo Hamilcar gliders isina kukwana yakanga ichigere kuvakwa kutakura uye kutumira Tetrarchs yavo yose.