912 Battalion (SWATF)

Regiment Erongo
SWATF Regiment Erongo emblem
Active	1980
Country	Namibia, South Africa
Allegiance	South Africa
Branch	South African Army,
Type	Motorised Infantry
Part of	South West African Territorial Force
Motto	Usque Ad Finem “To the very end”
Equipment	Casspir
Disbanded	1990–91
Insignia
Part of the South West African Territorial Force

Regiment Erongo was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force.

History

Regiment Erongo was formed in January 1980 as 912 Battalion and part of 91 Brigade of the South West Africa Territory Force. 91 SWA Brigade was a Reaction Force with its base at Windhoek, in sector 40. It acted as a mobile reserve to support SWATF operations in Sectors 20 in northern Namibia and was modelled on the SADF motorised brigade.

912 Battalion was part of 91 Brigade

2 SWA Specialist Unit was formed in 1987 out of the parachute company of Regiment Erongo.

Regiment Erongo was disbanded upon the independence of Namibia in 1990-91.

Roll of Honour

05 Mar 1980: 72208721BT Rifleman Johannes Jacobus Maass from Regiment Erongo was Killed in Action during a contact with PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. He was 24.

See also

• Namibian War of Independence
• South African Border War

Further reading

• Helmoed-Romer Heitman (Author), Paul Hannon (Illustrator), Modern African Wars (3): South-West Africa (Men-At-Arms Series, 242), Osprey Publishing (November 28, 1991) ISBN 1-85532-122-X.