ORGANIZATION OF A HUNGARIAN INFANTRY DIVISION

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• Publication Date: September 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Hungary
25X1 SUBJECT organization of a Hungarian Infantry Division
car company (12 scout cars), one armored eo*pany (15-17 old T-3ks), one
motorcycle company, one motorized machine-pistol company, one anti-tank
platoon, one mortar platoon, one communications platoon, one motorized
train column. (There are infantry divisions which replace the motorcycle
and machine-pistol comipanies_with cavalry companies).
An antiaircraft abteilung, consisting of three batteries (each with six 37 **.
antiaircraft guns), one aircraft observation platen.
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a. A scouting battalion of about 600 men. It consists of an armored scout
A heavy antitank ebteilung, consisting of three batteries, each with four
76.2 antitank guns.
1. Hungarian infantry divisions are known as "rifle divisions." The organization
of the divisions is not absolutely identical, and differences. will be indicateI&
later. The organization given below is the usual one.
2. The divisional command has a staff, a staff company, and a security platoon. The
divisional troops are:
d. An independent motorized battery, with four 76.2 aa,moterized guns, intended as
support for the scouting battalion.
e. A motorized engineer battalion, with two ccmpanies. (It has not been possible
to motorize all these.)
f. A ccamunications battalion, consisting of three companies. One is a'
ccumunications construction company., one a radio company, one a telephone and
telegraph company.
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g. A transport coluano Part of these are motorized, part not yet equipped. The
repair units are those most lacking in equipment.
3. The troops area one armored regiment; three infantry regiments; one field artillery
regiment; one medium mortar regiment.
4. Armored Regiment. It has one tank battalion., one tank destroyer battalion...
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one motorizmachine pistol scouting company. The tank battalion has 33 T-3
tanks with 76.2 ma. guns; it is divided into three companies. The tank destroyer
battalion has three companies, with about 12 Russian SU tank destroyers with 76.2 as
guns, all together. The motorized machine pistol scouting cempany has one
motorcycle platoon and one auto platoon.
Infantry Regiments. One regiment is motorized. Each regiment consists of three
battalions besides regimental troops known as the preserve. A regiment has three
rifle battalions. one antitank company (four 57 a guns and-two 45 mmeguns), one
machine pistol scouting company., one accompanying gun battery (four 76-.2 a.guns),
one mortar company (six 120 n. mortars ), one antiaircraft company--( six heavy
machine guns. 12.7 = 4,, one c? municatiens, company.. oft e engineer c ony, one
train column. (The, regimental troops are motorized it most regiaeeuts, especially
the accompanying gun and-mortar companies.- In many regiments the mortar company
has 82 mmorts ?s.) A rifle battalion consists of three rifle companies (each with
three rifleplatoons -'one machine gun platoon; nine light machine guts, 28 machine
two maxim machine guns) 9 one machine gun company (12 maxim sudchine., guns )$*
pistols
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(two m guns,);
one mortar company (nine 82 mmomortars);"one antitank plots on
one antiaircraft platoon (four 12.7 antiaircraft machine guns), one 'damounicatiens
platoon; one motor transport column. The heavy armakentindicated has not yet been
supplied to all Hungarian infantry regiments. It will deiibtless be many months
before all are fully supplied with their weapons.
6. -Field Artillery . The -gimeht consists of one ranging company and three
artillery abteilungs. Many regiments have only two abteilungs. Each abteilung.
has three batteries,, each battery four guns. The ranging company is -noterized.
Each regiment has one abteilung with 76.2 ma-guns and a howitzer abteilung with
twelve 122 mm,howitzers.
Medium Mortar Regiment. The regiment has two mortar abteilungs. Each abteilung
has three batteries, each battery four mortars, 120 mm.
8. Aside from the troops listed, all Hungarian infantry divisions have se-called
training regiments, which supply the necessary reinforcement personnel, both from
recruits and through refresher courses.
9. Aside from the regular infantry divisions there 'are some special infantry
formations. An "independent rifle division is known of, which besides the regular
-troops has one rocketmpa?a3ector abteilung, and a motorized howitzer abteilnng with
152 me howitzers. There is also known a "motorized rifle divisien", which is
fully motorized. In this division the antitank company of. each regiment has four
76.2 mmaguns and two 57 am. guns. The field artillery regiment consists of three -
abteilungs, one equipped with 76.2 maaguns, two with 122 rm.-howitzers, The mortar
regiment has. 160 us, mortars. The heavy antitank abteilung has twelve 85 no, guns.
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