RIFLE REGIMENT AT HODMEZOVASARHELY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Hungary
Rifle Regiment a. Ho'mezovasarhely
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2. Superior Command: not ascertained.
3. Quarters: in the barracks south of the road to Szeged, where the Hodmazo-
v.is(rhely-Szentes railway 11rie branches off. The barracks were converted,
fixed up, and enlarged with new b:;ildings in 1950 and 1951.
Regimental staff . . . . . . . . . . about 40 men
Staff company . . . . . . . . . . . " 50 "
Reconnaissance company . . . . . . . " 90
Accompanying battery . . . . . . . .
Antitank company . . . . . . . . . .
Light mortar company . . . . . . . .
Heavy mortar company . . . . . . . .
AA machine gun company . . . . . . .
Signal company . . . . . . . . . . .
1st Battalion
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Battalion staff . . . . about 40 men
Light mortar platoon. . " 25 "
Antitank gun platoon. " 25
Signal platoon. . . . . " 25
4 companies, 80 men each " 320 ?
Aggregate . . . . . . . . . . about 435 men
2nd Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . " 435 "
3rd Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . "
Regiment . . . about 2,035 "
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a. Regimental troops: Accompanying battery, 4 guns, 76.2 mm.
Antitank company, 6 pieces, 57 mm.
Light mortar company, 6 pieces, 82 mm.
Heavy mortar company, 6 pieces, 120 mm.
AA company, 6 machine guns, 12.7 mm.
b. Battalions: Rifle companies, each, 4 repeating pistols, 25 machine pistols,
45 carbines, 9 light machine guns.
Machine gun company, 15 repeating pistols,'10 machine pistols,
40 carbines, 12 Maxim machine guns.
Each battalion has also three 82 mm mortars and two 47 mm
antitank cannon.
ENCLOSURE (A): S1,etch of 3arracks at Hodmezovasarhely
6. Vehicle Park: 4 Skoda cross country personnel carriers; 1 Soviet model personnel
carrier; 5 Raba trucks; 5 Csepel motorcycles. The regimental
troops are horse-drawn.
8. Recruiting: The regiment received about 800 recruits of the class of 1931 on
2 Oct 52; 30 percent were from Budapest and vicinity; 40 percent from West
Hungary; 18 percent from northeast Hungary; and 7.2 percent from other places.
The morale of the troops is excellent.
9. Training: Recruit training continues until the end of Feb. Training by platoons
follows through Apr, after which company training begins. Firing practice with
machine guns and hand grenades goes on from Nov to Mar. The level of training is
very good.
SUCJE CT & # R.'A CODE
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238.2 37M
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SKETCH OF BARRACKS AT HODLU-,ZOVASkRHELY
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1. Entrance gate
2. Guard post and inspecting; officer
3. Sheds
4. Auto park
5. Two-story main hitildin r, 70x50 in
6. Enlisted men's quarter;, two story
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8. Stables
9. Depots.
10. Garages
11. Exit gate
12. Night, post
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