101 Battalion, Motorized infantry battalion in Namibia.

The 101 Battalion was a motorized infantry unit in Namibia equipped with Casspir and Kwêvoël vehicles. These vehicles carried 20mm cannons and Browning machine guns designed for rapid deployment operations.

The unit began in 1976 as 1 Owambo Battalion and was renamed to 35 Battalion in 1978 and then to 101 Battalion in 1980. These name changes reflected shifts in military strategy and organization during that period.

The unit's nickname, "one-o-one Battalion", was pronounced as a single phrase by its members. Its ranks mixed black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel, and by 1983 at least 2,700 men had been recruited and trained, many of them former SWAPO insurgents. The battalion's Colours and Standard were laid up in the unit church of 5 Reconnaissance Regiment on 10 April 1990.

The unit conducted approximately 200 military operations per year between 1985 and 1989. Operations focused on external missions and pursuit of infiltrators.

Many soldiers in the unit were former SWAPO insurgents who later participated in operations against their original organization. These transitions revealed complex shifts within regional military history.