"VCL Light Tanks in the NEI after the Allied surrender It is unlikely that the remaining tanks of the Mobiele Eenheid were destroyed by their crews before the surrender. The history of the KNIL Cavalry states that the Japanese recovered 15 serviceable light tanks, including some from a British unit. They were probably kept on Java and used for training and police duties. In the last weeks of World War II, the Japanese Command on Java began to arm various Indonesian groups and promised them the independence of their country. When the allied forces (mainly Indian and British units) arrived at the end of September 1945, they found the Indonesian nationalists in control of the island. There is photographic proof that at least one VCL Light Tank was used by them, along with several other ex-Allied and Japanese vehicles. It is also possible that this vehicle was involved in the fighting between the British occupation force and the Indonesian. The Dutch forces, made up mostly of ex-POWs, came back only in February-March 1946 and there is no record of the use of light tanks against them."

Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Tanks in the Netherlands East Indies