(SANITIZED)KOSSUTH LAJOS ARTILLERY OFFICERS' SCHOOL, BUDAPEST(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A037400040001-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 19, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORO
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Hungary
DATE OF
INFO.
DATE AC
Kossu.t. ;.
Lajos Artillery Officer. s,8 School
Budapest
SEP 1951
DATE DISTR,
NO. PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
Lajos artillery officers school in Buu.dapesta The report names the commanding
officer and his deputy as of 1.955 and gives the organd.zation, of the school.,
the subjects taught and the eq'd.pment of the and the weapons with which
the students were eq:.ippedo 1;. report also states that this school and the
Petoefi officers" sc:h.ool and t.ce Gabor Aron. coffi ?.~rrs a school were combined
into one on 26 September :i.956.
STATE ARMY I X NAVY .$ AIR
report concerning the Kossuth
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INFORMATION REPORT JNFORMATION REPORT
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Hungary
Artillery Off'icer's School,
"Kossuttr Lajos" in Budapest
1. The Kossuth Lajos A.r'til.l ry Ufficers' School. in Rue
by colonel Vi.a,mo s artil ?r , in 1555. Ili s deputy was
(fnu) BABA OY, anti.eaircra::f't artillery. The _ School also had
advisor, a lieute iar ; c llonc , _ ft char%'.e of 11-he
advisor iab ti-le, IM.-Al st 1 in z cI'o1' ?; ~=Ial tern.
2. The 3chooi had two c iv sions, field ar-
artillery. The field art 1l1 e r.. ..ncludec at ti-t.
had eight training companies, eac c company consis
field artillery division had five companies :. tb.:
had f?n1 t1:7 ee. c 1 Uo?:} i I a to 2 4.t ?,''er
such as anti-tank, (ra.ath 57 arii?. 6 ; 'un ), nine thr
canon
, soar:unications. ch2 co- party had as offi.cors
(captain), four platoon L ca ers (? T rest l.i.eu. tena ,t a ),
(first i f catena It) and one e sri_c e rf_'inor sec: ld _t...
3. t;"^ o a?ic; r ca 't! l i.'zt's regwi eni to a'-. exam
fo11o ir.
fi. n rh, , ..' imnortn-nt .-
a . _lar sri- F49i11,#1i ?m
b. 1 rti11e>ry un 3 anship
c.r ArtilIery c1. c rvice Regalanions
o, Tactics
f. PrSical, Training.
a. 'thematics
b. 'uusian
C. Communications
d. Chemical Defense.
e. Infantry Weapon Marks
f. Drill Formations
. The Kossut
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.dates
J. Health and Sanitation
h. Terrain : ;valuate. ;era
i. Anti -,aircraft Marksmanship
1955
eutenant Co
olitical
anti-aircraft
T1? $cllool -wloo
our platoon;. The
-aircraft division
a.'', had a. specialty
ti llume,.,orp field
ran y c rrna nder
25X1
g. Technical Knowledge
p k. First Aid
1. Vehicle wing.
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The Kossuth School was equipped with the
as, 18 anti-tank guns (57 and 76 ma guns)
b. Eight 122 mm field canons
o. Four 122 mm Division canons
d. Four 352 mm field canons
e. 16 mine throwers
f. Ten 37 mm anti-aircraft guns
g. Five 85 mm anti-aircraft guns.
6. The school had about 15O vehicles for transportation and for
the guns.
the 57 mm and 76 mm guns),, two machine guns, one bazooka and two Gatling guns,
matic pistols. The platoon weapons included four anti-tank guns (two each of
7, The officer candidates were equipped with pistols, refles and aut+
8. On 20 September 1956, just prior to the Revolution, the Korth
Artillery Officers' School., the Petrofi Political Officers' School and the
Gabor Aron Technical Artillery Officers' School were amalgamated into one
school.
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