page_title: South African Army Infantry Formation
section_title: Separated by language
hierarchical_section_title: South African Army Infantry Formation / History / Republic Defence Force / Separated by language
caption_attribution_description: English: SADF Infantry Beret Springbok ver 1
context_page_description: The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army.
context_section_description: Based on the findings of a committee led by Brigadier H.B. Popper in late 1953, it was recommended that some English-speaking units be converted to Afrikaans medium units, while other regiments should be amalgamated or contracted.
  Despite representations made by some of the units affected, the reorganisation went ahead from January 1954. In 1956 a further reorganisation was made necessary by the considerable increase in the number of citizens balloted for training in some areas. The Army was accordingly reorganised to consist of 32 Afrikaner-speaking units (including five infantry regiments, five tank units, and four armoured car units) and 20 English medium units (including ten infantry regiments, four tank units, and one armoured car unit). The changes were implemented with effect from 22 September 1956.
  In 1954, the SA-AC's Infantry Branch, and the personnel of the South African Instructional Corps, were formed into the South African Infantry Corps.
  In 1972, continuous national service was increased to twelve months and by 1974, there were ten full-time motorised infantry
  battalions, besides the parachute battalion. The infantry reserve comprised 42 citizen force infantry battalions, a parachute regiment and over 200 commando internal defence units.
caption: Old SADF Republic Defence Force Infantry Corps emblem ver 1
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