PARACHUTE AND AIBORNE TROOPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000930006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Hungary
Parachute and Airborne Troops
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 30 April 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
25X1
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1 There is a parachute regiment
at Taszar, which moved there from Tapole 25X1
a
in 19tj1 The regiments is about 1,100 men strong. It 25X1
is made up o wo a a ons, and regimental troops consisting of an antiaircraft
machine gun company, an antitank company with six 57 mm. guns, t mortar, company
with 82 mm. mortars an engineer company, and a communications company. The rifle
platoons have two light machine gun squads each, and one squad with a 22?mm.
Simanov antitank rifle.
2. A Hungarian airborne regiment) is in the Vaskuti uti Barracks at
Baja. The T/O and E is like that of the parachute regiment. The regiment
is carried in IL-10 (18 men) or DC-3 (22 men) planes, each of which tows three
V8cs8k gliders of 9-man capacity.
3. A parachute unit of 500 men is stationed at the B8rg(nd airfield. The commander
is Major Bela GELLRT.
4. Another parachute battalion is being. organized at the Szirmabesseny8 airfield
near Miskolc.
The parachute and airborn troops are under the division command at Tab.
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