ENGINEER BATTALION FF 7274

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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 28, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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(2) Main guard gate.
(3) Less hall, 15 x 30, one-story, brick.
(4+) Battalion headquarters building, 25 x 10 meters, of
brick, four floors. This building was occupied by
the various staff offices, drafting section and
administrative sections.
(5) Fuel bins for coal and wood.
(6) Billets, 60 x 10 meters, three stories high, of brick.
(7) Ordnance repair shop and. arms room, 6 x 15 meters, one-
story, brick.
(8) Battalion dispensary and hospital, 20 x 6 meters, brick,
ground floor only.
(9) Indoor swimming pool
(10) Alert and assembly area, also used an parade field and
training area.
(11) Warehouse, 30 x 15 meters, ground floor only, brick.
Utilized for the storage of field equipment and clothing.
This building also housed the supply issue section.
(12) Automotive repair shop, 20 x 10 meters, ground floor
only, bricks
(13) Open storage area, contained timber used in the
construction of bridges.
(14+) Repair shop, 10 x 5 maters, connected to the automotive
park shed.
(15) Automotive park shed; all types of engineer equipment
parked here.
(16) Supply room., all types of foodstuff stored in these
two buildings.
(17) Repair shop was assigned to the engineer battalion in
Gyor. Was utilized by that unit when its vehicles
were attached to the subject kaserne.
(18) Shops, 15 x 15 meters, ground floor only. Contained
woodworking shop and bridge models.
(19) Garage and park shed.
(20) Guard building, 15 x 6 meters, two floors, of brick.
Utilized by the kaserne area guard and was also used
as billets for enlisted men.
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1.
Engineer Battalion PF 7274 was subordinate to the Rifle Division PP 7203 in
Kapoevar. Another reinforced engineer battalion was located in Gyor, (PF 8091),
and was subordinate to the same division.
2.
the battalion it consisted of three companies of approxi
safely 75 to 80 men each. The companies were known as Combat Bridge Construetio
Coaaiany, Technical Company and Road Construction Company. The technical company
contained engineers, draftsmen and other such skilled personnel.
3.
The principal duty of all the companies to pick
up mines and obstacles along the Austrian and Yugoslavian 'orders. The
entire
border was cleared of such mines by the end of September 1956.
4.
Vehicles used by the battalion were kept in the kaserne. They were in constant
need of repairs because of lack of skille4.r+brlichanics. The vehicles were:
A. 38 Csepel 350 type gasoline and diesel-operated 3.2-.ton trucks.
B. 5 model 418 Stalinyets tractors
C. 1 Czech Skoda shop truck, diesel-operated
D. 4 Csepel 350 type 32-ton shop trucks and generators
E. 1 Gaz Soviet-type jeep
A. Organization chart of Engineer Battalion PP 7274.
B. Overlay sketch pinpointing the location of the kaserne.
C. melaory sketch of the battalion kaserne with the following
legend dimensions are approximate):
(1) Main entrance to kaserne
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(2) Main guard gate.
(3) Mess hall, 15 x 30, one-story, brick.
(4) Battalion headquarters building, 25 x 10 meters, of
brick, four floors. This building was occupied by
the various staff offices, drafting section and
administrative sections.
(5) Fuel bins for coal and wood.
(6) Billets' 60 x 10 meters,
(7) Ordnance repair shop and
story, brick.
(8) Battalion dispensary and
ground floor only.
(9) Indoor swimming pool
(10) Alert and assembly area,
training area.
three stories high, of brick.
arms room, 6 x 15 meters, one-
hospital, 20 x 6 maters, brick,
also used as parade field and
(11) Warehouse, 30 x 15 meters, ground floor only, brick.
Utilized for the storage of field equipment and clothing.
This building also housed the supply issue section.
(12) Anton tine repair shop, 20 x 10 meters, ground floor
only, brick.
(13) open storage area, contained timber used in the
construction of bridges.
(14) Repair shop, 10 x 5 meters, connected to the automotive
park shed.
(15) Automotive park shed; all types of engineer equipmenit
parked here.
(16) Supply rooms,, all types of foodstuff stored in these
two buildings.
(17) Repair shop was assigned to the engineer battalion in
Gyor. Was utilized by that unit when its vehicles
vere attached to the subject kaserne.
(18) Shops, 15 z 15 meters, ground floor only. Contained
woodworking shop and bridge models.
(19) Garage and park shed.
(20) Guard building, 15 x 6 meters, two floors, of brick.
Utilized by the kaserne area guard and was also used
as billets for enlisted men.
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Organizational Breakdown of .rsngineer Battalion PF7274
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