THE 15TH MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT AT ASZOD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200060085-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: June 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY b ry
SUBJECT The 15th Motorised Rifle Regiment at assod
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DATE DI STR.7 TvNEIgSL
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01 THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE Of. SECTIONS 791
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
1. Tbe'isfaatrr'_bsrraoks'is opposite the railroad station, on 1iitvani
gtreet- it" the east' eiae of the town. Bast of the barracks runs the
ge railroad'$ag*kartai-Assod. _ At-the end of World War II there
wa's-an-old-barracks there, which was tern down; the new one was
ce41pleted is 1950. ran, regimental.. troops are in ire sane town in
aAotlie r barracks. The barracks consists of: -a four-story cad
betilding',) three-stO]' 'quarters; a one-story quartermaster building;
a'kitehsh and east 4k; i'movie and meetiag'hall; a staff garagi; a,
rrepair - shop; two gMardboutses; a -gasoline a , 1 storage depots ` an
underground hliitiens depot with three eencrete bunkers; 23'vooden
garages 'for' s and sariw Wit7? -the exception of the garages all'
buiidiU l are of stone and brick constraction The roots are flat
and camonflaged, in spite of which the-barracks is readily visible
froh aii-'and gronmd Concrete streets cross the courtyard. The
whole complex is surrounded by barbed wire and there is a searchlight.
It is occupied by the 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment
The regimental coaeeander is Major Pal Filop. The staff 25X1
consiots of: Chief of Staff Major Pilinkas; Adjutant First Lt. Berta;
Operations Officer Major lfargay an artillery officer;, a communications
officer; Technical Officer Major Tahacs; Political Officer Capt. Lajos
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The quarteriaster group consists of:a weapons and aunitions'officer;
clothing=officer; a supply officer; a-sports officer; an evidence
coed ovets.a'
bureau under Capt. reazpreni; aagazine hen; 11 cooks; l t
hand?rler
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The technical service was organised at the end of 1951, the am being
trained in bndapiit.. The ooamander-is a`mij6r. It consists - eta repair
group with two ihop _ cars, and a . support group wit b two 3,500-liter'
teak tracks, n*:'dab-other trucks, and a aagisine for tires and'spare
.parts. The serftee is responsible, for the care of all autos belonging
to the regiment,
The head of the political and culture service is the political officer
Of the regiment. Under his are political'officerst Capt. Vojtek,
Capt. itudu, First'Lt."Hollos and First Lt. Nagy. The section also has
a political instructor, a Din",(1btngerian'Military Organisation) -
secretary, a party secretary, a.culture officer and several agitators.
6. The defense service consists of a regimental defense officer, with three
other officers under hin and a special defense officer for the regimental
troops. The regimental surgeon is Dr. Yuman.
7. The let Battalion is an armored battalion of two companies. The let
Company has 115 min and 15 T-34/76.2 tanks; the 2nd Company has 12 T-34/76.2
tanks and 110 men.
8. The 2nd Battalion is commanded by 0apt. Danes. It has two rifle companies;
a isrtar. coaapany, of. two platoons ' er .hr squads .'each, each squad having
an 82 mm mortar; a machine gum coapan of three platoons,'esoh of three
squads, each squad having a ]facia machine gun. Directly under battalion
are an AT platoon of'two squads, eaeh.sgiad having a 76.2 am AT gun; and
a machine pistol reconnaissance platoon of three squads, 36 ms all told.
The 3rd Battalion is organised like the tad.
9, The arna~~ent is the best and most modern that can be obtained in Hungary.
The regiment is fully motorised. There are 200 Vieppon cars, each of
irhle . can take 10 man. Part were 4elirered' by the Soviets ; part
purchased. In.. Italy in 1948 and completely ewes led:i Tboafte MW AW14
15. ZIS prime mover., 3Z,:a towers and troop-carriers.; 68 GAZ 51 trucks,
6 Sk$iaDiesel 5-ton trucks; 5 Jeeps and'6 GAZ Jeeps.
10. ?b other infantry barracks is on Lartali gases at the northeast side
of the town. It has a capacity of.650 to...700 men.
11. This barracks is occupied by the regimental troops,of the 15th`Rtegiment.
There is an aocempssaing battery of three platoons, each platoon
aemsi
ting o!-two !'-platoons end eacli~)*U-platson has a 76.2 an gun;
there4r4'54 men. 'Ths AL machine gun company ceasists of three platoons,
each platoon with three squads.,. and each squad having an AL machine gun;
it. has 116 men. The mortar ceapa ,has three platoons, each platoon having
two 120 me mortars; it has 70 men. The engineer company has 44 men, but-
is equipped With'hand?tools only. The oonsanications platoon has 42 men,
a radio platoon, a telephone platoon, and a telephone central. The medical
detachment consists of one surgeon and 16 men.
12. The'regiment was organized at the end of 1950, two infantry battalions
being provided from Pitorvasa and Ritsag and a staff brought to Aszod
from Pilisosaba. The uniforms are new, and-each soldier gets two-sets. In
the beginning the weapons were old Soviet . ones from World War ,II, but these
have been replaced. Discipline is very severe, but the food is,good.
13. The regiment is attached to the Rsztergom armored dives on ,. -
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