In the first half of the 20th century the "Caçadores" battalions were recreated as border defense units. In the 1950s, the title ""Caçadores"" was also given to the light infantry battalions and independent companies responsible for garrisoning overseas territories. Colonial troops with this title were recruited from both Portuguese settlers and from indigenous populations. In the 1950s, the Portuguese Air Force formed a unit of paratroopers called "Caçadores Paraquedistas" ("Parachutist Hunters"). Battalions of "Caçadores Paraquedistas" were later created in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. At the beginning of the 1960s, several special forces companies of the Portuguese Army were named "Special Huntsmen" ("Caçadores Especiais"). These units wore a brown beret in the colour of the uniforms of the "caçadores" of the Peninsular War. These units were later abolished and the brown beret started to be used by most of the units of the Portuguese Army.