28 Infantry battalions of South Africa

1 Parachute Battalion is the only full-time paratroop unit of the South African Army. It was established on 1 April 1961 with the formation of the Parachute Battalion. After 1998 this unit was renamed to Parachute Training Centre. It was the first battalion within 44 Parachute Brigade until 1999 when the brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment

1 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army.

2 Parachute Battalion is the Citizen Force paratroop unit of the South African Army. It was established in July 1971 with the formation of the Parachute Battalion. Later it was a battalion within 44 Parachute Brigade. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

2 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

3 Parachute Battalion is a Citizen Force paratroop unit of the South African Army. It was established in July 1977 within the formation of the Parachute Battalion. Later it was a battalion within 44 Parachute Brigade. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

3 South African Infantry Battalion is the Basic training unit of the South African Army.

4 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

5 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

6 South African Infantry Battalion is an air assault infantry unit of the South African Army.

7 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

8 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army. The battalion is equipped with Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) used for fast transport and combat mobility across rough ground. Support weapons for mechanized infantry are also provided with motorized transport, or are built directly into these IFVs, in order to keep pace with the IFVs in combat. The battalion was raised at Upington in the Northern Cape in 1973, and assigned to the Infantry Formation.

10 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

11 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army. Infantry men are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot, historically this infantry has provided the most among of casualties during war.

12 South African Infantry Battalion was a horse, dog and motorbike assisted infantry unit of the South African Army, which provided horse-mounted infantry and dog handlers to the army for defence purposes.

14 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

15 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

21 South African Infantry Battalion is an infantry battalion of the South African Army. The unit has its origin as 21 Battalion, an apartheid era unit used to train black South African men as soldiers.

32 Battalion was a light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel. It was disbanded on 26 March 1993.

111 Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

113 Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

115 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

116 Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

111 Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

118 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

121 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

151 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

Natalia Regiment was a Citizen Force infantry regiment of the South African Infantry.

Regiment East Rand is a reserve infantry battalion of the South African Army. The unit was intended initially to be predominantly an Afrikaans speaking citizen force. As a reserve force unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.