HUNGARIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT (Sanitized) IN SZENTES.

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• Publication Date: October 2, 1951
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The Infantry Regiment in Szente3 (Y 7/0 32) was sub-
ordinate to an infantry division headquarters in Kiskunfelegyhaza (Y 7/
( 03).
The regimentoincluding the regimental headquarters and the regimental
nnitsewas located in the former Cavalry Barracks situated about 2 km north-
west of the bridge over the Kurcea River on the right side of the Szentes-
Ceongrad (Y 7/0 22) road. The barracks installation included a two-story
headquarters building, about 15 x 10 meters, with a flat roof, a single-
;tory building containing officers, two two-story barracks buildings about
enx 10 resters, a canteen building, an officers' mess, a dispensary and
several workshops, garages and storehouses, One assembly shop and two
workshops wore under construction. The target range of the regiment was
loeated northwest of the city, between the airfield and the Kurcza River,
and covered an area of about 300 x 200 meters.
Tilk; 1st JrT was located in the New Barracks east of the city, on tho south
side of the road to Szarvas Cr 7/0 54). The installation consisted of a
three-story barraecs building, about 60 x 20 meters, with a flat roof, a
two-story headquarters building, a two-story dispensary, two more single-
;tory buildings and an ammunition depot.
The 2d En W1.113 located in Bekescsaba (R 16/0 91), in a barracks installa-
tion about 500 meters northeast of the railroad station, on the east side
of a road with a streetcar route. In this installation were two three-
story barracks buildings with flat roofs, a three-story headquarters build-
fear., a kitchen building and some depots, garages and stables. (2)
The 3d Bn was located on the southern perimeter of liodmezoevasarhely (Y 7/
T 39), in a barracks installation on the south side of the Szeged (Y 7/
T 17) road, opposite a small railroad station. The installation contained
a single-story headquarters building, three two-story barracks buildings,
.1 kitchen and mess building, a dispensary and about ten sheds, storehouses,
eorkshops, stables etc. (3)
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Personalities of the regiment included I7ajor Istvan Toth, regimental
comnander; Lieutenant Kovacs (Inn), adjutant; Captain 0eza Akocsi,
leader of the headquarters personnel; Captain Steiner (fnu)? political
officer; Senior Lieutenant Kovacs (fnu), reaimental Party secretary;
Lieutenant Pikardi (fnu), Party secretary for the regimental units;
Captain Gulyns (Mu), supply officer; Captain FUeloep (fnu), regi-
mental artillery commander; Junior Lieutenant Jakab (firm), D-officer;
and Senior Lieutenant Caber Dugyil ?aymaster.
Headquarters units controlled by the regiment included;
a. The regimental headquartoes of About 200 men. enly a classified material
office heeded by an LCO? an operations office headed by a. commissioned
officer, a guard platoon of three light machine gun squads, and a tele-
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A sienal battalion of two companies composed of the then regimental
signal company and the three united battalion signal platoons on 5 25X1
January 15;51. The L t Co, which was the former regimen-tel signal
company was comeanded by Junior Lieuten-
ant Janos aebook, It was organized into the headquarters, the radio
platoon of two 10-men squads, the messenger platoon of three 13-man squads,
the telephone maintenance platoon of six l0-can squads, and the tele-
phone switchboard platoon of four 10-man squads. The 21 Co, which
consisted of the former battalion signal platoons
was cornanded by Junior Lieutenant letVan ;emeth and con-
=Listed of the radio platoon of 5 10-man squads, the telephone mainenance
datoon of four 10-man squads, and the telephone switchboard platoon of
,wo 10-nan squads. The two companies wore dark-blue service color;
the signal personnel wore lightning-bundle insignia and the drivers
wore winged-wheel insiania.
e. An engineer company of about 40 men wearing dark-green service color
and anchors with cables as branch-of-service insignia. It was organized
into the headquarters and two platoons.
do A horse-drawn battery of about 35 men wearing red service color and
theee balls topped with two crossed-gun barrels as branch-of-service
inaiania; it had 27 horses.
e. e mortar company of about 60 nen wearing red service color and
artillery insignino
f. r, reconnaissance company wearing green service color and crossed-
insignia. According to soldiers of this company: they had been
trained at Tapolca (1. 4/D 35).
An AT company nunberina about 35 nen nrior to June 15151 and reinforced
by the crews for three newly assigned guns at that tine. The soldiers
of the company wore red service color and artillery insignia..
h. An infantry company of about 120 men organized into the headquarters,
three three-squad rifle platoons and one three-squad heavy machine
gun platoon and rearing green service color with crossed-rifle insiGnia,
i. ha AA machine gun company of 70 to 75 men, commanded by Lieutenant
Pfilpf (fnu)0 and organized into the headquarters and three platoons.
The soldiers of the comeagy wore white-bordered red epaulets and
artillery insignia, According to members of the company, an AA
lookout, occupied by five soldiers of the company on 24 hour watch, was
located about 5 km west, of the Caonarad railroad station and about 200
Leters north of the Csonerad-Kisleunfeleeynaza railroad 15m,
A submachine gun company of 60 to Walaanized into the headquarters
and three three-squad platoons and wearing green service color with
crossed-rifle insienia.
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SP gall company asaietioci to the irzclepondent tank battalion located in
Kisl.eanfolenyhaza. (1.)
[, The 1st in was cortanded ly a senior lieutenant, who was assicnen to the unit
in toril 19519 and comprised 700 to 800 mon according to the supply officer
rho was on a run to the rp ration supply center in Szeged. It was oreanized
Ito the headquarters; the signal platoon, only up to 5 January 1951; an
en-nenitfied meter of infantry companies; and an artillery company. No
25X1 further units were known The soldiers of the battalion wore
ixoca service color with crossed-rifle insinnia.
9. The 2d En located in nekescsabal Iras comnanded
by e senior lieutenant. Junior Lieutenant Lovasc (fnu) was the 1)-officer
25X1 o the battalion. The unit was ernanIzed into the headquarters; the signal
25X1 oe-toon? only up to 5 Januory 1951; an undetermined number of infantry com-
mie:es; an artinery company; and eresunably a machine gun unit.
25X1 I 1700 or 800 nen were assicnea to this battalion.
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The 2n n4n in Honmezoevasarbely was comeanded
be senior Lieutenant Istvan Szabo. Personalities of the battalion included
Junior Lieutenant Ferenc Dime, adjutant; Junior Lieutenant Gyula Buzas?
D officer; and nester nerneant nemeth (fnu)? supply officer.
600 to 700 men were assigned to the battalion. The battalion oroaniza-
tior use similar to that of the 1st and 2d Bns. Accordine to seldiers of the
1-entalion, a euerd detail of 70 to U0 men was persanontly assigned to the
Kerredaros (R Ln/I Un) internment camp.
The horse-drawn batter/ of the reniment was equipped with three 76.2-mm
nuns tore( by six-horse teams. The rortor company nod three nortare of an
ennetermined caliber mounted on two-wheel carts, which were towed bn weapon
ceer-isra The PT company had three 45-mm inn runs without muzzle brake,
mounted on a split-tail eun carriane with pneumatic tire wheels and a
shield6-em thick . In June 1951, three 57-mm AT euns with barre3s. 3 to 3.Z
meters lore, conic towards the muzzle mountinn no muzzle branel and equipped
with recuperator meehan4sm and recoil brake mer( assiEned to the company.
The shells were about 70-cm lone, lacludino the W-cm-long cartridce case.
The compen, had three weapon carriers. The A' company was equipped with
oro tfen 13 machine nuns of about 12-mm accordinc to soldiers of the
cer:enn, Tho soldiers carried pistols and submachine nuns. (,c) The V
o: the infantry conpany of the reniment carried rifles; the squad leaders
had eulemachine guns. The comeany was also equipped with a nexim heavy
machine nun. The sunmochine fun company was cquinped with submachine pans
and two or three Lioht nachine tuna. Two 45-mm AT rune, 3i: or nine linht
oe eedium mortars of the artillery company, and six Inaxim heavy machine
(syPs were observed at the 1st nn. It was unieterminen whether the heavy
machine nuns bolonw1 to a machine run company or to the infantry comnanios.
Yr; addition to these heavy weapons, two 76.2-mm AT runs each wore observed
A the 2n and 3d nns.
nach squed of the radio elatoons vas equipped with a model R/3 transmitter 0.
receiver. Each sued of the telephone platoons was equipped with a model...
Wb2 telephone, n ne drums with cable totalino 3,:6 km, end construction
equipment. The switchinn platoon of the let Co had one telephone switch-
board. with 20 linos ene one with 10 lines, the 2d Co had only one switch-
board with 10 lines. Each switchboard was equipped with two 110-volt anode
betteeies, one of which served as a spare.
The enoineer cocipany of elle reeiment vas equipped with onnineer equipment
loaded on horse-drawn vehicles. Accordino to soldiers of the company, 75-,
/00- and 400-eram charges of model Tri-2 explosive were used at practices.
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rho reginental honaquartors
s equipped with 43 weapoll carriers
1(comander s car
ciaht Cepe1 trucks
and tame senansi
The 1st rn was equipped nit' t-Jo weanot carriers
13, rho majority of the headquarters aersonnel wore croon service aolor.
aera and 1:00s yore crossed-rifle insicnia on their collar patches. The
Jrivers of the headquarters wore brown service color and tinged-wheel
insiunia ho individual officers of the headquarters, such as the regimen.
otilJery comoander? wore service color and insignia of their respec-
Uva branches of service.
25X1 16.,I received only 2-weekS training as
eaenger at the sinal company.
17 On -JCJ ray 1951, the reainent moved to n camp near Kistelek (Y 7/0 00) for
;air' er maneuvers. The camp, which was established between 10 and 15 nay
051, was located in a woods, about 5 kr: east of the town, and consisted
Altlailidall-type 12-man tents for la" and 140-man tents for offices and storage.
ioac brick builains end wooden structures to house the officers' kitchen
aid to store guns, motor vehicles and ammunition were already available.
np: division commander and the Soviet military adviser to the army corps
ondquarteas in Kocskomet (Y 6/N 95) took part in the inauguration held on
-!5 nay 19!-=1. Field exercises, on which no detailed information was avail-
ole, were confined to company level up to 23 June 1951. The infantry
avasion headquarters from Kiskunfeleuhaza? with the units controlled by it,
Is eti as the infantry regiments from Kiskunmajsa (Y 6/N 90) ant azeged,
?Ilse arrived at the area around the camp on 12 nay 1951. The division head-
laarters Was located in a castle in the northern section of the woods.
1S, Iccordina to its com-andar, the company was to move to an artillery
ant o. abott 3 km distant from Nograd 42/II 57), in June 1951 for two
lentnIrecert?I firino thcre. Fe also stated thnt 1,530 on were at the
,'ane for record firira all the year round. It .as undeterminen whether the
mit actually moved to the range, whose pinpoint location was not :Ipecificd.
The :wals wore pod an6 sufficient up to mid-January 1951, but steadily
aeteriorated since that time During an indoctrination, a party secretary,
aitia, the reasons for this situation, stated that he preferred starving
Jnd Itockpilinc, in peace-t7me to suffering want in the event of a war
20. The reamontal Party secretary headed the Party organization. Party
:ocretaries also nolenged to the regimental units and each battalion. The
aecretairies of the battalions were appointed by the reCimental secretary;
the ro;i'menLal secretary and the secretary responsible for the regimental
nLis were appointed by the Honved Yinister, The secretaries kept the
members' lists an neld seminaries and indoctrination courses to
nhica only Oarty members were admitted, The Party days beld once week
y.-erc attended by an soldiers,
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On 6 January 1951, the morning cymnastics were inspected by three Soviet
tfficors, who were accompzlnicC, by the deputy commanding ceneral of the
army corps'
Accoodina to officers or the regiment, a division was to be activated in
fzenbes in January and February 1951 At the same time, a three-story
building, apparently r. former hotel, was requisitioned and reconstructed
by the armed forces. Offices were installed in the rear wing, of the building.
accordinc to an officer talking to the fart7 secretary, a division head-
cuarters was to be located in the build'nu. I Ithe 25X1
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renimental coreanner in the summer camp, the reniventel ueits were act
erhedulen to return to Szentes, but were to be moved to Bekescsaba. In
the fall on 191, a division, come-anded by the ter regimental meander,
nes to be built around the infantry reeinent; the battalions located in
neliesccaba and Hodmezoevasarhely were to be reorganized into regiments
of this nea division. The division headquarters Jocatod in Kiekunfele-
ant-gee was to become an army corps headquarters superior to the new divi-
sion, He learned of this from talks of the reeimental con: ander with
ohhrr officers. Similar statements, which allegedly were also Lathered from
talks between officers were made by the driver of the commandini officer of
the 2d Br from nokescsaba.
-3. :lesies the infantry reelnent, a training, school for horses., with 150 nen
cemnanded by a major and wearing, yellow service color and crossed-sabre
iesienia? was located in the former Cavalry Barracks in Szentes. Three
hundred horses were schooled daily. According to soldiers of the training
szneaol? the superior headquarters of the un7L WU located in Oerkeny (7. )8/
25X1 710 driver I 'stated that a training school for
horses was also located there., (7)
2:n Up to 20 fpril 1951, the Hodmezoevasernely recruiting office was located in
a teo-story buildeeE in the noraLwestern sector of the city anc was coalman-
den a senior lieutenant marina, green service color and infantry insignia.
Te staff rIcluded another senior lieutenant, two or three lieutenants,
two junior lieutenants, and four woman mos. The city of ?Szentes was alleged-
le located in the registration area under the jurisdiction of this office.
25X1 a lieutenant and a Party secretary toured villages in
tee entire southeastern section of the country as far as the border and,
teards the north, almost as far as Debrecen (R 48/K 40).
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A previous report stated that the infantry regiment
WAS subordinate to the infantry division in Kiskunfeleryhaaa.
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\-] A previous report of May 1950 steted that a barracks installation occupied
, an infantry unit was located near the railroad etation,
previous report of January 1951 stated that the barracks installation OP
25X1 ty.0 Szenee road was occupied by an infantry unit,
25X1 Tne oreanization indicated in the presentreport larLely conforns to a
25X1 pievious eeporti for nctober 1950, on the then 25th inf
Regt, The signal platoons of the battalions are believed to be assembled
into an additional eeeepal companj controlled by the regiment for training
puenoses only as the SP apn companies are detached to the tank battalion.
25X1 !The relationship between the missions of the re-
cvneaessance company, the submschine 1211 comeany, and the infantry company
oni? the reeinentel units is still not clear,,
no previous reports stated that Hungarian Army units were equipped with
Sonaet-tVPe 57-mm AT nuns nowever, several reports received after the fall
of 1950 stated that infantry units were equipped with soviet-type model 33
12n7-mm An machine guns
(0) The regiment seems to be only eeml-motorized. The infantry co panics and,
partially, also the heavy weapons are still horse-drawn,
eecordine to qfwevious reaort, received as early as rey 1n500 a. cavalry
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