INFORMATION ON THE 14TH RIFLE REGT, POB 7462, IN NAGYATAD AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE RIFLE DIVISION IN MARZCALI

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• Publication Date: April 20, 1954
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TOPIC? Info t P1144,h43.41:41 fli gt POB 7462,, -Ur nci the
Organization of the Pifle Division in Marzcali
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The ?,14:t.h?1if1esRegt POD 7462 was stati-.1ned at Nagyatad (!4/i54) prior
ttr 23 --kelitember 1953. During a ,spde-47,..,bttore the recruits-of the regiment
in November 19520 the regimental commander frequentlytesigration
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n_November, 1952, the 14th Rifle
moved to a newly built Varricks installation, 2 km south of Nagyatad?
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on?the t?side of.theDabopsp. .4Y 4/A52)4,ocd.,-. juat north pf.he_AL11
bode rd .rd barracks wh,ich had Wm. completed in 1951. The former post of
the 14 RI
-,fle !Int was unknown 1 IThe unit was subordinate to the
hea ters of the rifle division at Wrogali (Y 4/A 68).
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S 1?,?- the division headquarters end its subordinate units
ou rtE gna1 battalion, the reconnaissance battalion, the division
ar e 4,-44LItta1iopnd the division gas-defense company and the
4414 lrEagi were in a suer camp, 3 km.northeast of Nagykanizsa (Y 4/
_ A ;61. - bove-mptipned ?wilts were? allegedly; stationed at Viarczali.
- *In 'the"w7 of 1953,1 Ian exercise involving atout 10 T-34
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their tine regiments-of .the .same divieion --were stet. senediat';.--,
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fr -nidea was quartered in a tent damp, 3 kn, southeast of Naakanizsa.?
1.n east of Bagolasanc (Y 4/A 36).1
The J? Rest was organized into the headquarters; regimental units
didnal company, the reconnaissance company, the engineer coniany9
, 4r. thezpoctax company, the AT company, the AA machine gun companypand the
tirtrflery battery; and three rifle battalions. The regiment also had SU-76
SP guns on of glitch was !signed to each rifle battalion for training pur-
'poses.
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, The regimental headquarters included the commend element, a upply suetion,
and the finance section.
5. The motorized regimental sigma company was equipped with weapon carriers
and consisted of the 1st (radio) platoon, the 2d (telephone) platooreed
the 3d (telephone central) platoon. The radio platoon was equipped with
model R-20 radio sets; the telephone platoon consisted of lightieleohone
sections; and the telephone central platoon had 10 portable switchtotrds,
each with 15 connections.
6. The notori7ed mortar company was
equipped with 120memorters
organized into three platoons and was
Each of the three rifle battalions was organized into the battalion head-
quarters, the signal platoon, one horse-drawn machine gun unit, one AT pla-
toon equipment with four guns ofYaeternined caliber, one mortar company
with about nine 82-menmortarseend three rifle companies.
8. The signal platoon of the battalion numbered one officer and 31 ..VCOs and
enlisted men and. inCluded one platoon leader; one deputy platoon leader,:
four telephone sections each consisting of four men 9 one radio squad of
nine men, and one telephone central section of four nen. The pletoon. was.
equipreed with 11 _Soviet model M41 telephones, 4Q reels each with 400 meters.
light telephone vire, 2 amplifiers for lines over 10 kmalonge 4 model R-20
radio sets with rod antennae and 2 model. M-51 switchboards, Hungarian copies
of Soviet Soviet equipment.-
9. Each rifle company was organized into the company headquarters and three
rifle platoons, each of which included one platoon leader and three squads
equipped with light machine guns. The company numbered about five officers
and 80 so1diers.4
10. ell members of the 14th Rifle Regt 'wore green service color.
Most officers and NCOs wore infantry insignia0
by enlisted men was tolerated although this was
tions.
Wearing of infantry insignia
not provided for the regnla-
Members of the regimental signal company and the
wore signal insignia; members of the regimental
battalion signal platoons
artillery battery,
the mortar compenNiend the AT company wore artillery insignia; soldiers of
the engineer company, wore engineeVinsignia; and members of the supply comnahd
wore supply service insignia.
:O. Members of.the regimental AA machine gun company yore no AAA insignia, but
wings with four lightnings.
14. Members of the division headquarters wore green servicecolor and infantry
insignia.
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? '15. Officers ofthe individual pnits included Major Jfinos.Solymossi, regimental
corrarider, about 40 years old; Senior Lieutenant Istv/n Eattyan; commeeder
of the 3d En, about 35 years old; Lieutenant Istv/n Gaal, leader of the sig-
nal platoon of the 3d En, about 25 rear e old; and Colonel Remenyie -(fnu)s
division commander, about 40 years old.'
16, The weapons equipment of the regiment included 7.62-menrifles and machine guns,
82-mmand 120-mr.mortars, and SU-76 SP guns There existed other weapons as
but pertinent ? information was not available to source.
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?The reginent had siout 150 to 2CC horses, -1-.:out 60 horee,-dnid ide
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18. In the spring of 1953, the soldiers receied iew Sovlet-ci.t
uniforms. Each memicer of the regi17ient reociAed to gar..en,; oi
wear, one so-called PiJotka linen cap, one gfothf,storka, one ix eilthon
treenhes? and one pair of boots with linen leL,s.4
. During the first two weeks in late November ard ecr12,, Dc)ceR-4cr 1952, the
inductees were isolated from the cadre personnel. Activities durtnt, this
tine were confined to political discussions with officers who en.dorsd
to acquire the recruits confidence, 'tut also to find out their
ettitude. 5ubsequently, the inductees were split up end vs:1-o r....);:igned to
the units at which they received six monthli%Laio training followed ty
three monthEtcorbft training at squad end n3atoon
20. In the spring of 1953, the Soviet adviser to the (.1vision het.qt-r.Lro-
gether with four Soviet officers and one Huncy..ri,In ccions24irsp?ctad vt,rious
units incluJing the signal platoon of the 3d In.
21. On I lay 1953, the entire re$1iLent noved to c.sntjssr cagy), CLg)ut 3 kntLorth-
east of Nagykanizsa? in the woods west of Nafec,se (Y 4./A 37); -he.7%) training
at unit level was held. Several exercises in 1,he area west of 1;aryiz..cse in-
volved the battalion oartly in attack and y:rti:, in defense onerations.
One record practice was also held weekly. At the critiques. t:.:rlinating the
exercises, the status of training of the rsgieat cA.,s declared .aLtiafactory
ere the results of the record practices sYcolif2nt.
22. Pecord firing involving the hol,vi vresons of the 14th Lifle Root and the di-
vision artillery was practiced at the new artillery range, lout 3 krSouth-
east of Nagykanizsa, in the valley east of LaEplasano.
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Soldiers serving with the 14th Rifle Nigt In "Nevarbor 1952 'included members
of ti o 19?9, 1930tand 1931 classes. . The rembers of the 2c;28 class hA been
discharged shortly before. About 75 percent of the nen inducted it source
on 24 November 1952 were members of the 1932 class, while the romander were
deferred members of the 1930 and 1931 classes.
In September 1953,
ducted in the fall of 1953.Q
the 1933 cicss was scheduled to he in-
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Commen6. The Hungarian 14th rifle Peg t is reported for the ffi'st
n the surrer of 1951 a Hungarian news,Japer -eport Itieniened
in Nagykanizsa. It is undetermined whether at that tine, the unit was
oned at NagykanizsaVin sumMer mop nearby. As the disteitce ,f,:etween
Nagyatad and Negykanizsa is only 40 kr.and the regiment allegedly illo%ed to
the barracks installetion in Negyfad only in the fall of 1952?the pertinent,
statement of source may be correct. The Ail rori'ler Guard Earrachs was L2en-
tioned in previous reports, while the new install', tion north of it to which
the regiment allegedly moved is reported for the first time. It is also
believed thet source's statement on the subordination of the regiment to a
division headquarters in Earceli is correct; the headquarters of the 17th
Rifle Div, which according to previous reports was in the Nagykemizsa area
in the sunmer of 1953, was hitherto assured in Yarcalio
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Comentp The organization of the rifle reElrient given th the y resent
repor largely for ows the Soviut pattern. In Soviet rotoried rifle H'eEi-
ments the SU-76 SP guns belong to the Sr artillery tette* of the rei,rient;
it is presumed, therefore, that the 6d-76 SP guns nentioned in pa ragrc.:J.11 :3 of
this report are element of the artillery battery also rLioied in the pre-
sent report. The reginentel un: ts of the Boviet motorized riflrcgimsnt
apparently include no LA machine 1.un company. It is furtheors suirld that
this regirent Includes only one reponm.issance p-i.aeona,vhich is intoc;ra Led
into the headquarters computy,
F------igprnpnta The officers nes are reported for the firt tine.
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,sayim9r,tjt, The fact that the equipment of the reLimant ilue,os motor
vehicles as well as horses and horse-dravn vehicles tends to inioatii; that.
numerous units of the regiment are horse-drol,in and only re4f.ort4,31 units such
as the signal company and the mortar uany mentioned in the ITesent repa!t
are motorized.
Comment. 71-,e information contained in pv,raffaph 20 a,,d- that
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a Soviet adviser is attached at least to every d.1.Islion hecdona-
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F-1:ornept 9., The stEtenents on the induction of the indi'qidnal classes
generally agree vith available information.
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