11th Combat Engineer Battalion (Indonesia)

11th Combat Engineer Battalion Batalyon Zeni Tempur 11/Durdhaga Wighra Yonzipur 11 DW.png 150px 13 June 1959 Indonesia Indonesian Army Combat engineer Kodam Jaya Matraman, East Jakarta The 11th Combat Engineer Battalion (id Batalyon Zeni Tempur 11/Durdhaga Wighra, abbr. Yonzipur 11/DW) is a combat engineer battalion of the Indonesian Army. It has been part of the Jayakarta Military Command since 2020, having initially been founded as a Kostrad unit before its absorption into the Indonesian Army Corps of Engineers. History thumb|An EOD truck of the 11th Battalion. The battalion was established on 13 June 1959.denzipur8gm DK158-qT8Ut Dirgahayu Yonzipur 11/DW "Durdhaga Wighra" 13 Juni 1959 - 13 Juni 2025 13 June 2025 It was initially part of Kostrad, and had been established in preparation for Operation Trikora (the Indonesian military operation against Netherlands New Guinea). In November 1963, the battalion was transferred to the Indonesian Army Corps of Engineers and was renamed the 11th Construction Engineer Battalion. It took part in operations against suspected Indonesian Communist Party members and later in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. The battalion was transferred to Kodam Jaya on 23 October 2020, becoming the military command's first combat engineer battalion in its 71-year history. Kodam Jaya commander Dudung Abdurachman cited the need for the battalion's bomb disposal capabilities as a reason for his efforts to incorporate the battalion into Kodam Jaya.Aneh Kodam Zonder Batalyon Zeni https://news.republika.co.id/berita/qitywm484/aneh-kodam-zonder-batalyon-zeni 13 December 2025 Republika 27 October 2020 id By 2021, the battalion had been designated as a Combat Engineer battalion.Wadan PMPP TNI Tutup Kegiatan Seleksi Satgas Kizi TA 2021 https://indonesiadefense.com/wadan-pmpp-tni-tutup-kegiatan-seleksi-satgas-kizi-ta-2021/ 13 December 2025 Indonesiadefense.com 2 September 2021 id It is headquartered in Matraman, East Jakarta.SATUAN KODAM JAYA https://kodamjaya-tniad.mil.id/satuan_kodam Kodam Jayakarta 13 December 2025 id In 2022, troops from the battalion formed the core engineering unit of the Indonesian peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), with a company-sized detachment from Yonzipur 11 out of the 175 participating engineering personnel.TNI Berangkatkan Satgas Kompi Zeni TNI Konga XX-S/MONUSCO ke Kongo https://indonesiadefense.com/tni-berangkatkan-satgas-kompi-zeni-tni-konga-xx-s-monusco-ke-kongo/ 13 December 2025 Indonesiadefense.com 25 March 2022 id-ID The unit has taken part in disaster reconstruction in Greater JakartaTNI AD Hadir Pasang Jembatan Bailey Tangani Dampak Bencana Banjir di Kemang Pratama, Kota Bekasi https://www.beritakeadilan.com/news-78622-tni-ad-hadir-pasang-jembatan-bailey-tangani-dampak-bencana-banjir-di-kemang-pratama-kota-bekasi 13 December 2025 Berita Keadilan 7 March 2025 id and in emergency response – such as an ammunition warehouse fire in 2024.Hartoyo Rinto Tim Jihandak Yonzipur 11/DW Berhasil Lakukan Pembersihan Area Kebakaran Gudang Amunisi https://ifakta.co/2024/03/31/tim-jihandak-yonzipur-11-dw-berhasil-lakukan-pembersihan-area-kebakaran-gudang-amunisi/ 13 December 2025 ifakta.co 31 March 2024 id References Category:Battalions of Indonesia Category:Engineering units and formations Category:Engineer battalions Category:Military units and formations established in 1959 Category:Organizations based in Jakarta