1. ROCKET LAUNCHER BRIGADE IN TABERFALVA AND ARTILLERY BRIGADE IN SZEKESFEHERVAR 2. AAA DIVISION IN BUDAPEST AND HOME GUARD AAA DIVISIONS IN BUDAPEST GYOER VESZPREM SZTALINVAROS AND MISKOLC

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this brigade which wt?4 o ate _ d the hri_ggad,e heaclqu: r?ters
ana a Leas four ha.tta?i ot,Q of fog four i ocr:.et l a.unc lers
was located in the new barn s _i ns Ls;, !a r i n F1Pnborfa? va in Octf'oer 1953. 25X1
The rocket. launchers, which of So-vi - a i,`:e, > ere mounted on 3.5-ton
ZIS trucks.
2. 'Ln ;larch 1952
8. roC et. Launcher brigade Hungarian: Sorozat'vetoe.s
tue ,erda-u da_r) eras ocated in. the new r,a.rr; cks innets.i.lation in Tabor alva.1.
3. In December 1953, .officers and NCOs of rh. 26 , ubsn 13n in SzE'kesw eh v/r
z 48'`Z 00 Were detached to the 1st Obsn Dn in Ceg1L fc; :? artillery
reconnaissance training their artillery brigade, wi, ch was
organized into the brigade headqu r ei s, the 26th Obsn Sn, a 122-m,m
howitzer or gun battalion, a 152-mm howitzer battalion, a 203--mm howitzer
ira.ttalion, a 152-sin cannon howitzer battalion, and a 160-mm mortar battalion.
moved fror; Veszpr m (P 46/1) 78) to Sz1kesi eh,i'var in November 1953. In 25X1
:!ate Fovember 1953, two battalions of this brigade again move(! DombovAr
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During the st y of the 1st as d 26th Obsn `ins together at the l:ajmf,};fir
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lery range, the 26th Obsn Sn
was subordinate to an artillery brigade in Veszp .
Prior to late December 1953
one J~AA division
and five horse ,.guard A,'4A divi u ivJ
ision ~a.r ,s stationed at
'Budapest, frog' which location it went tothe AM. training camp west of
Diosjenoe (0 48'11 57) in the summer of 1952 and 1953.3 The five home
guard A.U divisions were stationed at Budapest, Gyoer (P 48/Y 44),
Veszpr6m, Sztalinvlros (formerly Dune enteie Y 5/1, p 1, 36), and .iskolc;
(R 491J 87). Thur. Were subordinate to the national iiii command (Hungarian:
LecMvedelmi Perancsoksag- LOLPJ) in Dudapes%.14
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first time. it is noted that the organization of the battalions, each
of wti-~ich has four battera,es, disagrees with the Soviet pattern.
Substantiation by other reports is required.
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The subordination of the observation battalion to
an artillery
rigade tends to indicate that it is posslnl:y intended
to extend this artillery brigade to an artillery division similae
to the 30th Arty Div.
Ca;nr.'ent. An artillery brigade in Szeke feh rvafr whose
previous stati-n prior to November 1953 is said to have been
Ves?,prem is reported for the first time. The 26t:h Obsn Bn as
mentioned in a previous report
~amment. Budapest is the station of t3 e divis:_un headquarters
the 38th AAA Di which is presumably subordinate directly
to t' P artillery command of the defense ministry.
4. Cam -ent. Out of the hove g.:iard AAA c?iv _ , ions rnentioned in the
present report, the home gu-r6 ice!. divisions in Budapest and Miskolc
are known. The present report again confirms the same units until
December 1953. It is also "nown that there are other home guard ti.,4A
divisions whose stations have not yet been reliable determined.
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