CURRICULUM AT KOSSUTH ARTILLERY OFFICERS SCHOOL/CBR TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2008
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• Publication Date: May 2, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. There sear V ur g n rte? a e'r~< t , ttalat{ht at thie aehooln The first one Is
"Artillery aci t7 t " This sou a i.neiudes artillery supply, maintenance,
administration, avld snbjecta of tb*t. nature. The. second course is "Locators,"
and innlnclraa tht%, use: of radar in .orating and tracking targets0 The third
course its "Arti?3ny St. rt for? the infantry," and the fourth is "Anti-
Aircraft Arta lery0"
3. The school wa cz7.+ ardtd by Colonel Vilmos Koltsl . His assistant and head
of the Ac d ii.c Department was Lieutenant Colonel NNI; Lenart. Each of the
four main depar nta, which ro smnd to the four main subjects taught, had
a C.+ ltaln or Major in tss nd, captain Janos Horvath
commandrd the At", -Aircraft Departnrnt. Each o e four departments consisted
of two or three artii.lsry batteries. The Anti-Aircraft Department had two
batteries. Battery G, which .sea ccme?anded by First Lieutenant ldihlos Nan,
and Battery H vhir^tt wits romaaanded by First Lieutenant Zoltan Poez.
4.
in the Anti.Airc"ft Department each battery consisted of men brokm~
into three platoons of approximately 25 men. each. Each platoon consisted of
three squads of approx?mately seven men each. The individual platoon strength
varied since each platoon consisted. of men of the samae educational level, i.e.,
either first, second, or third year men.
5. The total, strength of the Anti-Aircraft Department was spptlaozlmately 1.80 men.
The approximate strength of the Artillery Specialist Department was 270, the
Locator Department 1,80, and the Artillery Support for Infantry Department 400.
Each of these departments received separate instruction on their own specialties
and there was little joint-traiaing during my year of training at this school.
The length of each of the four courses was three years.
6. The instructors were all, Hungarian officers. Some of the instruction, particular:
field instruction, was often presented by their NCO assistants. None of the
 7. The academic year was of 11 months duration which was followed by a 30 day
leave before starting the next year. There were no special privileges of
any kind extended to me as a student at this thool.~treated as
any other soldier would have been. Perhaps the only difference is that I
commenced my artillery studies immediately upon reporting to the school and
did not have any actual Infantry basic train
8. It is difficult to give the curriculum of the Anti-Aircraft Department in
units of days, weeks, or months since many subjects were taught off and on
all during the year. Generally the first three months were devoted to the
more basic subjects. Some of these subjects would continue all year, but
beginning with the fourth month, weapon and instrument training was introduced.
Then beginning around the eighth month increased emphasis was placed on
mathematics.
9?I approximate hours devoted
to each subject are as follows-
b. Chronological. history of the Artillery - hours unknown, difficult to
break down since we had it off and on all year.
c. Mathematics = six hours per week all year. More emphasis was placed
on mathematical. computations around the eighth month.
e. Military custom.,- and courtesies, chain of command - 70 hour block
during the year,
f. Engineer organization and duties - three hours weekly all year.
g.- Infantry organization and duties - three hours weekly all year.
h. Signal organization and duties - two hours weekly all year.
i. C B R training = three hours per week all year.
J. Electro-techniques of radar - six hours per week all year.
k. Political History - four hours per week all year.
1. Measuring instruments which included a one-meter telescope with a 15
kilometer visibility range and a four-meter telescope with a 20 kilo-
meter visibility range. Both of these were Soviet wade. A three week
block of instruction on these scopes was spread over an eight month
period. These instruments were introduced during the fourth month
of the course.
m. Field glasses, also Soviet made - about two weeks during the fourth
month were devoted to these.
n. 37mm AA gun - about 18 to 22 hours weekly for seven months. This
included all aspects of the weapon from nomenclature to actual
firing at the end of the first year.
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Drills which included individual weapons-crew drills and mock air
attack drills during which the entire school would fall out and
stand by their battle stations - about two hours daily for seven
months were devoted to these and various other drills.
the instructor too d t about 15dtvoea
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chlorine tsrd, phosgene, diphosgene and levisite.
sketch of CM Detection lit, classified CODB+MXR3!IAL
subjects taught during the second year were alm"im e rs year
subjects, except that our weapons training would be on the 85mm AA gun
and that more radar training would be given.
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70 to 75 rounds during this record firing and would fire them in groups
of about 20 to 25 shells at each of three targets. The first target
was a sleeve-type target which was towed by a plane. This target was
towed at an altitude of 1800 meters. The second target was an air-dropped
parachute which was fired on at an altitude of approximately 1400 meters.
The third target was a,ground-towed target which was fired upon at a
distance of about 800 to 1000 meters. An officer would stand by each of
the guns and would observe the hits with field glasses. He would grade the
gun-draw performance as failed, passed, or outs 25X1
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school staff did not want any failures so there were none; no matter how ,
poorly a @rew did they would receive at least a passing score.
12. During =CBR training 0 demonstration of a Detection Kit which 25X25X1
would detect the presence of gas in the area. This kit came in a cylindrical
shaped, OD colored container which was carried on the right hip by means of
a strap which ran over the left shoulder. This kit has a screw-on type lid
which contained 15 or 20 sheets of litmus paper. This paper was about four
centimeters in diameter and was rose-colored. The kit contained an
ordinary kitchen spoon and a pump which resembled a bicycle pump. This
pump had an inverted conical-shaped nose.
13. To test for gas a piece of litmus paper was placed over the nose of the pump.
A spoonful of the suspected contaminated dirt would be placed on the paper.
The pump handle, while holding the pump in a vertical position, would be
pumped 15 or 20 times. Then by looking at the color of the litmus paper
it was possible to determine what type of gas, if any, was in the area.
The instructor, who showed us this kit, pointed out that the different
shades of color, which the various gasses would turn the litmus paper, were
indicated on the botton of the container for ready reference in case the tester
would forget what type of gas each color indicated.
permitted the wearer to take these trouserscff without touching them with
his hands. With one foot he would step on this heel extension and..hold it
against chmiasi agents. The trousers, with footgear, more one piece and
slipped over the ordinary field clothing. The soles of the footgear were
of reinforced rubber. Each heel had a small extension to the rear which
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firmly in place while ',jr ;ratted the other leg. The top of the
trousers came up to a point about haiilxeey between the waist and
the ann pits. The trousesrs were held up with sui,pend.ers which fit
over the shoulders. These a?uspendftn were straight:, that is they
did not cross either in the front or hack, There. were two etriz s
on each of the trouser legs near the ankle. These permitted the
wearer to tighten the trouser leg to pem it..,% greater degree of
comfort. This was quite necessary rninrctti t4'h t,roua~eers were by no
means form-fitting. They came in one. si?e and were not adjustable.
There was a&ao an(thnr drew %3tr'ing,, near the, waist which served not
only to make the trousers tore comfortable, to wear, but also as an
added precaution to ri a t tree t.rou: ?.r These t,rntser'm were quite
unc fort .,) le, w rht,v had nr, Vin,;rk~ls, nr, gtppArq er:;i no air inlets
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