KST - Topi Merah - KOPASSUS

Описание: In this video is some very old footage to be seen from the Korps Speciale Troepen from the Dutch colonial armed forces in Indonesia (KNIL). This historical footage seems to be taken somewhere between 1948 and 1950. I made a compilation from this footage, as the original is much longer. This video came without sound, so I did put some music in the video. I hope you like the footage and the music. In the Netherlands and Indonesia the "Topi Merah" stands for special forces from high quality. In this video you can see them train their combat skills and parachute. The trainingcentre of the Dutch paratroopers was situated at Bandung. Today in Bandung the KOPASSUS have their base.

When the Dutch retreated in 1950, the Indonesians wanted to build their own special forces. With help of former elements of the KST, they formed a special forces group in 1952, today better known as KOPASSUS. Major Rokus Bernardus Visser (Mohamad Idjon Djanbi), a former member of the Dutch KST, was the first recruit for the Indonesian special forces, as well as its first commander. It is my wish to join them on a parachute excercise once and bring a visit to Bandung, as KOPASSUS is today one of the best special forces arround. It would be an honour.

I hope you enjoy this video. I did put it online on special request from Indonesia.

This days, we still use parts of the KNIL uniforms and equipment as part of the old militairy traditions. Our ranks look the same and we use words like benteng, madjoe, bintang, barang, kraton, etc. On our annual diner du corps we eat indonesian food like nasi (rames or goreng). Instead of regular Dutch forces, our excercition is old school based and we train with this with the Lee Enfield rifle. The Dutch student infantry body of volunteers keeps this traditions in honour, as well as our mother regiment "van Heutsz".

Disclamer:

This video might be very interesting for people who are interested in the military history of Indonesia as well the history of special forces. This video has NOT the intention to glorify any crimes of war and is only meant for military historical purposes. Therefore in this video is no combat footage to be seen, only military training. This video contains footage of the former unit of Mohamad Idjon Djanbi, before he decided to stay in Indonesia. Thanks to Arie for the footage.