1ST TANK REGIMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Theist '^nk Re%ir*ent, "1st Armored Divis..on" 25X1
of the Hungarian Army, was organized in 1949 by the fusion of the 1st Tank
13ry ttallon at .B'ada.pest with the 2nd Tank Battalion at J sztergom.- Its composV;ion
is as follows:
Regi.men-tal Staff
I independent AAA battery, motorized
I do 1pariy of engineers ("sappers")
1 co np.any of "pioneers"
1 si l corpnny
1- supply company
3 tank battalions
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The cor coding officer is Colonel Sandor I3flchl, a Communist of long standing
who fought in the Spanish Civil Wa3r. The staff of the regiment also include:,:
Deputy conmaxcder and chief of staff, Lt. Col. Attila Sigora
Political officer, Capt. Sandor Weisz
5 other officers
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'h following vehicles belong to the staff:
2 JS--3 tanks
2 T-34 tanks
8 staff cars
11 trucks (5 tons and 3 tons)
5 motorcycles
rounds and motor fuel for three days is kept on hand.
The A ha. ;tery i s corrr.a.nded by Capt. Emil Papp; the table of organization
calls for 9 other officers, 3 "officer candidates", 32 non-comissioned offic ersq
and 198 men, but of 8 half-sections theoretically provided for, only 4 exist;
so that, there are acts rilly 8 officers and officer candidates and 126 enliste(
ran E-ch half-section is equipped with a heavy machine gun of Soviet type -nd
with one n utorrritic A* gun, 38 (sic) rm.., of Soviet ma.nuf.q,cture, type 1948; a:I so
with one truck, one prime mover, and two passenger cars. The battery HQ and the
half-se Lions are also equipped with a radio apparatus of type R.3, of Ilungaa Ian
in? nuf-cture Amriuniti:on for a day and a half of firing (one day equals 560
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The engineer company has the function of creating obstacles with mines etc,
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i s commanded by Lt, Kalman Lakatos, a former carpenter who attended theOKossu'?;h.
Acadeany. The IL includes two other officers, two officer candidates; and 25 124.
F.-ch platoon (number of pl^.toons uncertain) is coriposed of two demolition sqw de,
of 12 min each, and two squads of pioneers equipped with "normal engineer materiel".
The signal company, :;ommanded by Capt. Dorogi, includes a telephone platoons, i
radio platoon, and one platoon using visual signal equipment,
Me con pan; of "pionneers", commanded by Capt. Agoston Gabor, includes a platoc e
e-i' mechanics (function not explained), one platoon for repairs on vehicles and
tanks}, and one platoon for 'repairs on artillery weapons. All the personnel hare
undergone a s_necial course of training, and most of them had been mechanics in
civilian life *
There is also a motor, pool. (3 officers and 76 men), wMzh has 18 tank trucks o
%5OO litersO capacity each and 9 tow-trucks,
8 The 2nd Tank T)^ttalion is located at sztergom and c handed by Lt. Col, Imae
takatos. Its subordinate units are:
HQ Corps 3'; 5 officers, 7, "officer candidates", 40 men; 2-tan ks, 1 armored
car, 2 ambu. lancea, I field kitchen, 4 motorcycles, 6 staff cars, 2 truth a
for ammunition?
Supply corpany; 3 non-commissioned officers, 38 men; 9 tank trucks, 9 three-
ton trucks, 9 prime movers.
3 tank companies,' each ;including 3 tank platoons and 1. anti-tank platoono
The tank platoons have 2 officer and 35 men each, equipped with 6 tanks:
in the first two companies there -re T-34/85 tanks, in the third company
they are T-34/76, The anti-tank platoon, 1 officer and 45 men, has 4
guns, caliber not specified,
an The 1st an-i 3rd Tank l'ttalions are located at Budapest, in the Ferenc JJzsef
(cav131-Y) Barracks rind in the Palffy Barracks.
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