(SANITIZED)HUNGARIAN ARMY COMMUNICATIONS(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2010
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• Publication Date: October 3, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage '.I: ar
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized ps?rson is proh!hiterp t? ;,tv%
COUNTRY Hungary
Hungarian Army Communications
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practices an equipment or the Hungarian my signal service.
During the attack it is only the axis of the attack which is
means of wire communication.
a. The commun_oaticns organizations of the artillery are similar to e
other.
':i. The organization of the communications system is from the left to the
right and from the top to the bottom.
c. During the defense there is a blackout on all radio communications.
Only wire communications are used.
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d. Total radio silence is observed during the preparatory phase of the attack.
2., Radi
o equipment-
a. Type R/10, FM transceiver /Measurements are apparently all in
centimeters/
Measurements
Weight
Power
40x35x25
about 18 kilograms
dry-cell batteries
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The communications between the artillery and the infantry
maintained via the command posts.
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developed by
Communications between artillery and tank units are maintained by
means of liaison officers.
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Frequency range
Range
Band width
Capacity
20 -32 Mc/s
rod antenna
8 Kc/s
about 1 W (Y)
This type is used for the communications from company to battalion
It was developed about 1954.
b.
Type R/20, AM transceiver
30 x 40 x 25, transceiver
30 x 1+0 x 25, power unit
Weight
total weight about 25 kilograms
Power
dry-cell batteries
Frequency range
1.5 - 5 Mc/s
Range
telegraph: 40 kilometers
Capacity
telephone: 20 kilometers
rod or dipole
The R/20 is used for the communications from battalion to regiment level.
It was developed about 1952.
Type R/30, AM transceiver
This apparatus consists of four components.
Total measurements
Weight
Power
Frequency range
Range
Capacity
160 high, 60 wide, 50 deep.
not known
battery with dynamotor or generating set, 220 V.
1.5 - 15 Mc/s
75 - 100 kilometers
telegraph: 25 W
telephone: 15 W
The R/30 is used for the communications from regiment to division level.
This type was developed at the end of 1955 and is regarded as the best
Hungarian military radio.
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Type R/l+0, AM transmitter and receiver
Total weight
Power
Frequency range
Range
Capacity
transmitter: 2.75 - 15 Mc/s
receiver : 100 Kc/s - 32 Mc/s
Modlation
transmitter: 75 x 50 x 50
receiver : 75 x 50 x 75
about 120 kilograms
three-phase generating set
220/380 v, 1.65 KVA
tel`graph: 100 W
telephone: 25 W
Al, A2, A3.
The R/1+0 is used for the communications of division level and higher up.
The transmitter and the receiver, with appurtenances, are built into a
3-tan truck. The transmitter is also adjusted to a "Hell" recorder (Creed
system, 32 or 34+ symbols, 7 units).
Type R/50 AM transmitter and receiver
Measurements transmitter: 200 x 215 x 80
receiver : see R/40
Weight
Power
700 kilograms
three-phase generating set
220/380 V, 15 KVA.
Frequency range transmitter: 2.75 - 15 Mc/s
receiver : see R/40
Range not known
Capacity 1.5 KW
Modulation Al, A2, A3.
The R/50 is used for the communications on the highest level. The
transmitter and the receiver 4th appurtenances are built into a truck
of the type Csepel 300 (5-ton'?). The transmitter is also adjusted to
a Hell recorder and a telex, type Siemens 52. The receiver with both
the R/)+0 and the R/50 is very sensitive and is also used for interception
purposes.
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Communications organization: ,
a. Infantry battalion;
To the battalion there is assigned a communications platoon (strength
unknown) consisting of four groups:
(1)
One group of radio men. Material: ten R/10's
two R/20's
(2) One group of switchboard operators. Material: two
switchboards of the type K/10 (measurements: 29 x 1715 x 14;
weight about 7 kilograms; 10 lines).
(3)
Two groups of linemen. Each group has about 20 kilometers of
light cable (siagle strand; rubber-insulated; on coils with
about one kilometer of cable).
b. Regiment
Each regiment has a communications company., the composition and
strength of which are not known.
c. Division
The communications battalion assigned to the division consists-of:
(1) battalion staff: about 30 men.
(2) switchboard company: about 30 men, equipped with:
(3)
3 or 4 switchboards type K/20 (measurements and weight not
known; 20 lines).
10 to 12 switchboards of the type K/10.
radio company; strength 60 men, equipped with:
two R/40's (One platoon to two groups)
three to four R/30's (one platoon to two groups)
about thirty R/20's (further assignment not known)
two or three R/10's (not organically assigned).
(4) line company, consisting of :
(a) heavy line platoon, strength 30 men. Quantity of
ass Al equipment not known. Heavy cable, multiple-
strand, rubber-insulated; length per cable 300 meters.
(b) light line platoon, strength 100 men. Quantity of
assigned equipment not known.
Each division also has a medium-sized communications workshop.
d. Army corps
The army corps does not have an organically assigned communications unit.
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e.
Army
The,army has a communications regiment, consisting of:
(1), regimental staff
(2)- staff company, including:
(a) workshop;
(b) storehouse;
(c) ABC group (?);
(d) two platoons "carrier wave" (6 channels);
(e) One platoon "carrier wave" (12 channels).
(3) one battalion, consisting of:
(a) a telex company, equipped with telex machines produced in
Hungary after the Siemens system.
a heavy line company, equipped with multiple-strand cable,
quantity not known.
(b)
(c) switchboard company, assigned equipment not known.
(4) one battalion consisting of:
(a) a light radio company, equipped with transmitters type
R/4() and R/30, number not known.
(b) a heavy radio company, equipped with transmitters type
(c)
R/50, number not known.
a "receiver" company, equipped with receivers of the type
which go with the R/50. It is believed that the mission
of this company is to check the Hungarian Army's own
communications.
The companies mentioned under (a) and (b) were exclusively "transmitting"
companies. These were generally set up at some distance from the command
post, while the "receiving" company remained in the immediate vicinity of
the command post. The transmitters were serviced from the command post.
(5) one battalion consisting of:
(a) a telex company, equipped with telex machines made in
Hungary after the Siemens system.
(b) a construction company, assigned equipment not known.
(c) a relay company, including one platoon with two R/1+o's
and one R/50.
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4. In Hungary there are two comications regiments (42nd (?) and 43rd).
The 43rd is assigned to the ready units and is rather tactical in naturep
while the 42nd ('?) is intended for the "national" sector. Approximately
70 percent of the career personnel in this field is attached to the 43rd.
5. Symbols used for the indication of the communications setup.
/First five symbols are self-explanatory, see chart/
radio of armored units
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adjacent unit, which may come into the network under consideration.
6. Diagram of radio network of a -division.
/See chart/
CP = command post
div = division
regt = regiment
Network No. I is very likely the administrative network. Hooked up
with it are the radios of the G4 division, the s4 of the three
regiments, and the command post of the division. It is believed that
there are about five more radios in this network, but it is not known
where they are assigned.
b. Network No. II is the command network. Hooked. up with it are the
command post of the division and the command posts of the regiments.
Possibly also a radio of an adjacent unit.
c. Network No. IV is the command network of a regiment. Hooked up with
it are the regimental command and the three battalion commands;
possibly also an adjacent unit. At the command post of the regimental
command there is a tank with its radio hooked up with the network of
the tank units assigned to the regiment.
d. Network No. III is very likely the administrative network of the regiment.
Hooked up with it are the radios of the S4 of this regiment, the anti-
tank platoon (?), the S3 of the regiment (?), and a few others ffiich
are unidentified.
e. Networks Nos. V, VI, and VII are the networks of the three battalions.
7. Cooperation between the artillery and the tank unit is achieved by means
of an artillery officer on one of the attacking tanks -Frith a radio
hooked up with the network of the artillery.
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8. Up to the division level there are no radio communications with
supporting air force units. These communications are carried
out by means of signal flags. From the division level and higher
the commuriicat'ions with the'air force units are effected by means
of radio.
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