T-Brigade

T-Brigade was a brigade group of the Royal Netherlands Army. At the end of the World War II, the formation consisted of the 2nd Battalion, 6th RIR, 1st Stootroepen Battalion and the 2/13th Light Infantry Battalion. The T-Brigade relieved the British 5th Parachute Brigade in Java on 26 April 1946.^[1]

T-Brigade
Col. D.R.A. van Langen (center left), commander of T-Brigade, inspects troops of the 2nd Armored Car Squadron in Salatiga, November 1947
Founded	15 January 1946
Disbanded	16 December 1949
Country	Netherlands
Branch	Royal Netherlands Army
Size	Brigade group
Part of	B-Division
Nickname	Tijgerbrigade (Tiger Brigade)
Engagements	Indonesian War of Independence
Commanders
1946	Col. S. de Waal
1946–1949	Col. D.R.A. van Langen
Insignia
Emblem of the T-Brigade

See also

• Oorlogsvrijwilligers
• Police actions (Indonesia)