ARTILLERY REGIMENT AT KISKUNFELEGYHAZA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100050048-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: December 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Artillery Regiment at. Kiskunfe"legyhdza
ND 714, Of' THE U,I. COD1. Al AMLNDID. ITI TRANIMIIIION OR RIVI.
ATION OF ITI CONTENT$ TO OR RLCLIPT IY AN UNAUTHORIZLD PINION 11
AOHIIITID IV LAW. THIRIPRODUCTION OF 7N111 RIPOR IITID
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1. The motorized artillery regiment at Kiskunfelegyhaza.y
is eubordina.te to the 12 Rifle Division Command. It is now in the new barra, l,-
south of the town on the road tQ Szeged.
2. The regiment has a staff of about 80 men, a quartermaster battery of 70', rNS?,,,;
sections of three batteries each, with about 250 men to a section, and a trai,nin
section of 300 men. The training section is at Sovenyhiza.
3. The lst Section has twelve 76.2 mm guns; the other two seot:lons each have ..-, ? ;lda~,
122 mm howitzers. The training section is given guns at irregular when the occasion for their use arises.
4. In October 1952 the regiment received 300 recruits, about 50 percent of them from
Budapest, the remainder from the Dunantul. Some men were later transferred T2onx
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5. The c aarlp where it i ,
established is being enlarged, and work is in progress.
6. The section is divided to a staff of 40 men, and two batteries each of 130 men..
Each battery has a Maxim heavy machine gun, a Tokarev light machine gun, and a
bazooka. When firing exercises are held the regiment details four 122 mm howltz, ,
to the 1st.Battery and two 122 mm howitzers and two 76.2 mm guns to the 2nd Ba te.rrjr,.
Cars and trucks are furnished by the regiment when needed.
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From 5 October 1952 to 31 January 1953 there was recruit training, consisting of
general'infantry training,. Service of the gun, theoretical training such'as map
reading, political training, firing with carbines and light machine guns, three
times a month.
8. The section commander is First Lt Janos Csapits, 30 years old, seldom seen by
the men. The commander of the lsw Battery is Lt Egon Kovacs, intelligent and
sympa*hetio. T1 qy power of the 2nd Battery... is Lt Laos Rona, 24 years old,
who is not well li~`ked,
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