Royal Dutch East Indies Army 

The Dutch government declared war with Japan on December 8, 1941, KNIL was mobilized. On March 9, 1942 KNIL capitulated. Only a small units escaped to Australia.

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Vickers amphibious Tank of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army,In 
1942, at the time of the Japanese 
assault on the Netherlands East Indies, 
one of the two K.N.I.L. amphibious tanks 
was out of service, the other one was 
deployed (together with two 
Vickers-Carden-Loyd light tanks) on 
Western-Borneo, where it was lost in 
the fighting.

 