(SANITIZED)MILITARY UNITS, PERSONNEL, AND ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 13, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage , nt
18, U.S.A. Sea. 790 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner laws to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
S-E-C.R..E C..
COUNTRY Hungary
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE AC
Activities
Mi1itar.y Units, Personnel, and
DATE DISTR. 121 MAY
NO. PAGES 1 I
REQUIREMENT
SOURC EVAL ATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT Is TENTAnvP
report on the a awing subjects;:
c. Hungartan Infarit01,117 ReRimnii
be Hungarian Q4arlveiw6te ?~ `Offj
he Hungarian 1` i1A.ta ,y- ter-. onnel.;
i. Hungarian Military Staffs;
J. Hungari.art MVI! tarir Secu'f>_i'hv O ff rn.,
f, Hungarian Armored Regiment
g. Fighting in October 1956;
e. Hungarian F'th. Infantry Di
(t. Hungarian rifar:t .r. ReglXpa
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2. The Officers' School for Quartermasters in Budapest
1) Location
The school had the name SAGVARI ENDRE (Communist hero) and
had three sections placed in three different barracks in
Budapest.
The Officers' School for quartermasters no. 1
was located in HtINGARIA ut 5-7 in old-
barracks. Here they held a 3-years course for the purpose
of training quartermasters by regiments and independent
battalions (sections within the army).
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There also was an officers' school for technical officers
("motor and fuel officers") here.
Officers' School for quartermasters no. 2 was located on
KISS ANOS barracks,, ULL I u t,, w ere t ere also was a
course for officers for the arms.
Non-commissioned officers' school for quartermasters no. 3
was located on HUNYADI JANOS barracks, KERESPEST ut 27.
That school lasted one year. The students were permanent
non-commissioned officers.
2) The officers' school for political officers was located
next to the officers' school for quartermasters no. 1 in
HUNGARIA ut 1-3. The prerequsite for being admitted to
this school was that the students had to have been member
of the Communist Party for 3 years and have had served for
3 years in the ranks. The school was named after ZRINYI
MIKLOS.
3. Infantry Rekiment EGER
infantry regiment with
the name GYESANT REGIMENT the
duty of ts regiment was to protect escort KVG and to ope-
rate behind F J lines.
COMMENT. This unit is probably a motorized infantry
regimen armored division. GYESANT may derive from the Russian
the regiment was placed directly under the Ministry of Defense
in 1952, however later under armored division MISKOLC.
1) REG organization and equipment: See attachment 1.
2) Armored division MISKOLC was placed under army corps
MISKOLC.
S EC R ET
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In the fall of 1954 DIVKDO (sic) was removed to GYONGYOS,
and in the latter part of 1954 the division was dislocated
as follows:
Armored regiment
(M)
Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment
Armored regiment
(M)
Anti-aircraft regiment
Artillery regiment
Pioneer regiment
4?
in MISKOLC
in MISKOLC
in VERPELET
in GYONGYOS
in HATVAN
in PETERVASARHELY (37 mm anti-
aircraft un)
in GYON(;Y S (122 mm howitzer)
in GYONGYOS.
3) The division's summer training field was near VERPELET.
The division's fall maneuvers in 1954 took place in the
region NE-E of the BALATON lake. The whole division was
transported by railroad to SZEKESPEHERVAR from where they
advanced towards SW to ENYING. The division itself repre-
sented the enemy. The whole maneuver, including the trans-
portation back and forth, lasted 16 days (3 to 19 September
1954), the advance in the terrain only a couple of days.
Infantry Regiment NAGY BAJOM
infantry regi-
ment NABYBAJOM This unit was placed under
the 6th infantry division in KAPOSVAR.
L) In the summer of 1955 the regiment was on the drill-grounds
BlSHONYE approximately 30 km W of KAPOSVAR, where DIVKDO and
other units of the 6th infantry division also stayed.
2) The division probably held fall maneuvers in the vicinity
of BOHONYE in September 1955.
5. 6th Infantry Division KAROSVAR
1) The chief of the 6th infantry division was Lieutenant-
Colonel JANOS BIRO
2) Other units of 6th infantry division were dislocated as
follows:
Infantry regiment in NAGYKAN
Artillery regiment (MRT) in NAGYKAN
Artillery regiment in MARCAL
IZSA,
IZSA
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Armored regiment (M) in MARCAL
Armored regiment in KECZKELI
Pioneer regiment in MARCALI,
6. Armored Regiment (M) MARCALI (ref. 5.2))
2) This armored regiment drilled at the drill-grounds in
VESZPREM where it stayed approximately 2 weeks every second
month for target practice.
7. The Revolt
2) The night between 23 and 24 October
3)
in the radio that there was a revolt in Budapest an
the Russians had intervened
Kilian barracks as we as the ocs
were surrounded
November the
a
were trans-
ported in 8 trucks and one car. The oar was used as
covering party d reconnaisance vehicle. 25X1
On 10 November they reached the city TARJAN 25X1
large group of refugees (a total of 270)
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where there was some shooting when they met a Russidn
8. Personnel
1)
2)
3)
positions in the units:
Ma orl JanoJ IVANYI Reg
ime_nt comma
nder
'apta1n Jozse BRESNYANSZKI -Chief of Staff, regiment
ap ai ~Jano NCI tod3ssariat officer sic)
dst Lt. a HER Regiment doctor
(Captai st n HORVAT Motor officer (sic)
EGER 1954 -
apta n)Jano KOVACS
aptain avl B RO
~CaptainlAndra fEORVAT
(Major)Istvan OVACS
NAGYBAJO 1
MARCALI 1956
Major )I;tvan GUGOLYA
1st Lt.\
( aptain
(,Captain
ERTALAN
ando ERECZKI
ela ANTA
9. Higher Staffs
Regiment commander
Po itical deputy
hief of Staff__re-~g-1-ment
~
uart rmas
#er
Regiment commander
Po1iti_a .sieputy..
Chief of Staff, regiment
iq.rtermas ter
4th army corps in MISKOLC
4th ..army corps in KECSKEMET
4th army corps in SZEGED
4th army corps in DEBRECEN.
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10. Military Security Police
the regiment was the lowest unit where
they had a security officer; however, this officer also held
another position in the staff.
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ATTACHMENT I
Infantry Regiment EGER, Armored Division MISKOLC
The regiment had the following organizations:
32 mm AA gun and AA MG
Q 76 mm AT gun
120 mm MTR (not translated)
~S1 LSI2, Ckj 3
D~] MG 9 x 5.76 mm MAXIM (later GYETRATYN)
Eta MTR 9 x 82 mm
AT 3x76 mm
The regiment staff had the following officers:
Regiment commander
Chief of staff
Political deputy
FS officer`(Translation of FS not known)
(AB)C-officer
Technical officer and motor officer
Quartermaster
Regiment doctor
Cultural officer.
The battalion staff had the following officers:
Battalion commander
Chief of staff
Political deputy
Technical officer and motor officer
(AB)C-officer
Quartermaster forces, approximately 800 men
VEHICLES: The regiment had a total of 270 vehicles, mostly old
DODGE 1 1/2 tons and ZIS-151. Also GAZ-51, GAZ-67-B,
Hungarian CSEPEL-350 (DODGE WEAPON CARRIER as group car).
Also a Hungarian vehicle MAVAG B/5 10 tons.
TANKS: 4-5 AUSTRO-FIAT 7 tons, 2000 1
? CSEPEL-350 3.5 tons 2x 4
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