6 South African Infantry Battalion

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

History
6 SAI was established on January 1, 1962 at Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The battalion became operational on the 1970. 6 SAI took part in Operation Protea and during Operation Daisy in Angola. The battalion has since become an air assault infantry unit specifically trained to deploy via helicopters. The battalion was deployed again in April 2013 to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade. On the 28 August 2014, after their return from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the battalion was honoured with a Freedom of the City parade through Grahamstown.