(SANITIZED)1. MILITARY UNITS IN HUNGARY 2. THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING.(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Hungary
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1. Military Units in Hungary
2. The Hungarian Uprising
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
Information is given on the following: (1) The 94th Infantry
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Regiment and additional military units in Hungary, including estimations of man-
uprising.
power,
equipment
and (2) Events during the Hungarian
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COUNTRY: Hungary
The 914th infantry Regiment
10 January 1957
the 94th Infantry Regiment, was located approximately
four kilometers south of Papa, in the general direction of
Veszprem (N 4+7-15, E 17-'45)0
a. The 94th Infantry Regiment was subordinate to the 32nd
Infantry Division, also located approximately four
kilometers south of Papa. The CO of the Regiment was
Major Janus Bagyincki, Infantry.
b. estimated regimental strength, as of 4 November'
1956, to be approximately 1,256 men, This included
approximately 136 officers, 120 NCO's. and 1,000 EM.
the authorized strength of the Regiment was 2,700.
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c. The 94th Infantry Regiment and its parent division used a
training area located in the vicinity of Hajmasker
(N 47-09, E 18-Ol), Va'rpalota (N 47-12, E 18-08), and Usku,
all of which were located approximately ten kilometers
from Papa.
d. Major items of equipment included:
(1) Seven K 300, 6x6 Diesel Trucks, 3.5 ton cargo. These
trucks were of Hungarian manufacture; however, they
resembled the Soviet ZIS-151's.
(2) Sixteen 3.5 Csepel cargo trucks.
(3) Thirty-seven Weapon Carriers of US manufacture.
(4) Twenty-two Csepel Vippon trucks.
(5) Five Csepel Command cars.
(6) Two GAZ jeeps.
(7) Two US.jeeps.
(8) Five GMC trucks.
(9) Six 250 cc. Csepel motorcycles.
(10) Six Soviet 76mn SP Guns.
(11) Twenty-four 57-mm Antitank Guns, Soviet M 1943.
(12) Four 37 mm AA Guns, Soviet M 1939.
(13) Four 120 mm Mortars, unidentifed, probably Soviet
M 1939?
(14) Sixteen 12.5 mm AA MG (DShK).
(15) Thirty-six 82 mm Mortars, Soviet.
(16) 'Soviet R-10 two-man pank radio sets~
e. In March and April of 1956, the 94th Infantry Regiment,
reinforced by unidentified artillery elements, simulated
offensive and defensive tactics, including individual
atomic defense instructions. The opposing force was an
unidentified infantry division, ostensibly from Keszthely
(N 46-46, E 17-15). Manuevers were held in the Varpalota
area.
Other Hungarian Units
a. The Sixth Corps, known as VI Corps Headquarters, was
located in Sz6kesfehervar (N 47-12, E 18-25), and subordinate
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Commander was Colonel Ferenc Moore, Infantry. 25X1
to the Ministry of Defense. Brigadier General Josef Mikec
was CO. Mikec was the youngest officer 25X1
in Hungary to attain this rank; he was 28 years old.
b. The 32nd Infantry Division, subordinate to the Sixth Corps,
was located approximately four kilometers south of Papa
in the general direction of Veszprem. The Division
engineer battalion, one signal battalion, and a reconnaissance
company.
This Division was made up of three infantry regiments,
one medium tank regiment, one artillery regiment, one 25X1
E 17-15), Debrecs6ny (N 47-58, E 19-19), Miskolc (N 48-06,
infantry divisions located in the following 25X1
cities: Kaposvar (N 46-21, E 17-47), Keszthely (N 46-46,
d. The 93rd Infantry Regiment, located in Gybr (N 47-41,
E 17-38), was subordinate to the 32nd Infantry Division
(see paragraDh Gyula Kretz, Infantry,
was the CO.
e. The 39th Infantry Regiment, located in Veszprem, was
subordinate to the 32nd Infantry Division, Major
Josef Novak, Infantry, was the CO.
f. An unidentified medium tank regiment, subordinate to the
32nd Infantry Division, was located in Tata (N 47-39,
E 18-19). This regiment was formerly the SP Gun Battalion
In 1952,
Armored Branch.
equipped with T-
the battalion was redesignated a tank regiment and moved
to Papa. In January 1956, the regiment was moved from
Papa to Ta 'a. CO of this regiment was Major Janos Buyaki,
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The regiment was
g. An unidentified artillery regiment, subordinate to the
32nd Infantry Division, was located in Fert~3 (N 46-38,
E 20-20). Until
3 November , Captain Szabo (fnu), Artillery, was CO.
On 3 November 1956, an unidentified Soviet artillery
regiment took over this regiment. Hungarian enlisted and
officer personnel were given discharges and told to return
to their homes. he Hungarian regiment
offered no active resistance.
Soviet Units in Hungary
3. information on Soviet troops
an unidentified Soviet armored unit located
caserne in ,masker near Varpalota. In February
ore than 400 T-34 and T-54 tanks. and
1952.
this caserne had been occupied by the same unit since
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an unidentified Soviet infantry unit,
estimated to be a division, located at a caserne in Gy3r.
Hearsay Information Concerning Events During the Revolt
Progressively, with the return of Geroe from Yugoslavia, the
Polish uprising, Radio Free Europe activity, and a noted
relaxing of the AVH effort, there was further evidence of an
organized effort against the regime. Anti-Soviet posters
appeared frequently, meetings of small groups of the,1Doi ula ce
that some sort of uprising would take place in Hungary.
as early as 17 October 1956, it was rumored
after the revolt began,
a woman by the name of
Julia Molnar who was employed by an unidentified government
office in Papa, had actually been the leader of an organized
group in that area, the
operations officer of the 94th Infantry Regiment, Captain
Ferenc Bognar, was also active in this overall passive type,
anti-regime activity.
the entire 93rd Infantry Regiment had fought
oust unidentified Soviet troops in Gy r.
an unidentified Hungarian heav artillery regiment in the
vicinity of Lenti (N 46-36, E 16- 2 on the Yu oslav border,
had actively fought the Soviets, similar
activity, by unidentified Hungarian units in the vicinity of
Tata, Pecs, and Budapest. two unidentifed
infantry regiments in the Szekesfeh rvar and Keszthel areas
that offered no resistance to the Soviets. not
hear of any Hungarian units that took sides against the
insurgents.
not hear of any defection of Soviets to Hungarian
units and or to the insurgents. However.V~LL an
unidentified Soviet Air Force unit in Papa refused to
direct any effort against the insurgents. He also heard
that this unit was replaced by a Soviet (Mongolian) unit, and
that the original Air Force unit was returned to the USSR,
no knowledge of a Hungarian Militia as such; however,
on 20 November 1956, a first lieutenant, Laszlo Monar, told
that the basic military organization of
Hungarian Militia, existed, but that all troops had been dis-
armed.
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Emergency supplies of ammunition available on the caserne
utilized.
The three battalions of the 94th Infantry Regiment were sent to
locations along the Austro --.Hungarian border:
une a a on to Sopron (N 47-41, E 16-36), one battalion to
Szombathel (N 47-1 E 16- and one battalion to ,
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mission o the Regiment was to support unidentified Border
Guard elements along the border in defense of any attempted
invasion by Western powers. Battalion was assigned
an area of approximately 50 kilometers, from K6szeg (N 47-23,
E 16-32) to Mexiko uszta, The only other unit in this are
was the unidentified artillery regiment of
Division which, on 3 November -1956, was replaced by an
unidentified Soviet artiller regiment
On 4 November 1956, Battalion uomman er, rfist
lieutenant Pal Kocsis, race ved word by radio from 32nd Division
Headquarters, advising that unidentified Soviet units
would be moving in and that the Battalion should offer no
resistance, but should join the Soviet forces. This word was
assed down to the Battalion officers
advised him that they would not relinquish their arms to
the Soviets. Kocsis advised them that the Soviets would come
and disarm them anyway. The three officers then reconnoitered
the area and, upon sighting unidentified Soviet tanks
approaching, returned to their respective units
first lieuenan
man nu , a Hungarian Border Guard told that the
Border Guards had Joined Soviet units in the area and
F should make no attempt to resist the oncoming Soviets.
That evening platoon of 22 men
E=:= ~ two of f I nerp crossed into Austria.
an e r p a o were
taken by the Soviets and later in Austria weboth
officers were taken prisoner by the Soviets.
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