(SANITIZED)(1) THE 16TH TANK REGIMENT (2) THE HUNGARINA UPRISING(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 7, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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serial contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of .the Espionage Laws, Title
18 5 ,. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY
(1) The 16th Tank Regiment
(2) The'Hungarian Uprising
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Information is given. on .b.,,e ; o- ...,.owing a (1) The .i tai
Tank Regiment and other milita ?y units in.: un:gar; 2 including estimations
.of manpower,, training areas and equipment. (2)
The Hungarian uprising.
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DATE OF
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Hungary
(1) The 16th Tank Regiment
(2) The Hungarian Uprising
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Information is given on th,.e :'o'.~.ow4.n.g (7.) The .1..6~:I,.
Tank Regiment an other mi. itary units i.rs. 113n.gary, i.nclu i.n.g estimations
of manpower, training areas and, equipment- 2)25X1
The Hungarian uprising.
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COUNTRY:
Hungary
Hungarian OB (Prior to November 1956)
the 16th Tank Regiment (Harckocei
Ezred) was subordinate to the 5th Mechanized
Division The headquarters was located at
Szabadsz llAs (46-52, E 19?13)-9
unit's strength as
81 officers
an en s e me
n
authorized strength
men,
co The cagerne's name
Kunszentmiklosi Uto
was 102 officers an
was Petofi and it was
d 400 en s e
located at
d
d. The training areas
were located as follo
ws: 16 kilo-
meters southwest of
Kecskemet (N 46-54,
E 19-41 and
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20 kilometers east o
f Kisk~frds (N 46-37,
E 19-17
f, The commanding officer of the regiment was Lt. Colonel
Imre Szabo.
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The regiment had the following equipment:
(1) 30 t-34 Soviet tanks
(2) 30 Csepel-350, 31 ton trucks
(3) 6 Wippons (weapons carriers)
(4) 3 Csepel K-300 trucks
(5) An unknown number of R-20, R-10, and R-7 radios which were of
,Hungarian make:
information on other units:
The 5th Mechanized_Divisionas headquarters was located at Kecskemet
(N 46-54, E 19-41)p the 25X1
commanding officer was o one a y a...a, n anryo
An unidentified tank regiments subordinate to the 5th Mechanized
Division,, was located at Kolese (N 48-03, E 22-43).]
The 12th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, subordinate to the 5th
Mechanized Divisi'n was located at K- kemet (N 46-542 E 19-41).
the commanding officer was
Lt. o lone TOtn nu , In anryq
An unidentified mechanized infantry regiments subordinate to the
5th Mechanized Division, was located at Szabadszillas. 25X1
Biro fnu
its commanding officer was Major 25X1
eo The 4th Infantry Corps, subordinate to the Minister of Defense was
_ocated at Kecskem4ta its 25X1
commanding officer was Brigadier General Lajos Gyurkoo The Corps
had three infantry divisions which were as follows:
(1) Unidentified rifle division; located at Kalocsa (N 46
E 18-59)0
(2,) Unidentified rifle division, located at Kaposvar (N 46.21,
E 17-47)a
(3) Unidentified rifle division, located at Kecskem6to
f, The 6th Rifle Corps, subordinate to the Minister of Defense, was
located at Szekesfeh4rvir (N 4712, E 18-25)o Its commanding
officer was Brigadier General Mikes fnu
ge The 37th Pontoon Bridge Brigade, subordinate to the Minister of
Defenses was located at Ercsi (N 47-152 E.18-54)o Its commanding
officer was Major Lajos Toth,
The approximate strength of this r g..e was orricers an 2
enlisted men. This brigade had an unknown Soviet colonel assigned
as an advisor to the commanding officer. It had the following major
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October-November 1956 Uprising ,in~Hun&try
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items of equipment:
(l.) 900 vehicles, trucks, and cars including ZIS-Soviet-3 ton and
K-300 Czepel, Hungarian makes.
(2) 60 AVM pontoon motor boats.
(3) Unknown number of assault boats with two-cylinder Csnoka,,
gasoline motors
On 23 October 1956,
in Budapest, students
held mass meetings in the streets of the city. The AVH fired on
the crowd and this precipitated the revolt inHungarya
when the revolt started, all the enlisted men
sent home by regimental order and the officers, all of whom
remained, allegedly took up arms against the Freedom Fighters
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many=: ffleers were dismissed in mid-November because they
would not take the loyalty oath to the Kadar regime.
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the righting. the first time an unidentified Soviet 25X1
amphibious tank in the streets of Budapest: the tank 25X1
as being built"like a boat" It was smaller than ,a T-34 tank it
weighing approximately 20 tons and its tracks were narrower than
those of the T-34. It had a 76mm or an 85mm gun*,-.
no dye of snecific Soviet units participating in
ea After the outbreak of hostilities in November, mass discharges
were given to the Hungarian Army by unknown authority.
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