BEM AAA OFFICERS' SCHOOL IN BUDAPEST

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 14, 1952
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1.8 to 1 ,., ch 195lp the PE!1 AAA officers # schoo3, was loca toe?
gin the forr. r? Andrassy barracks at 2 Ilungaria Street,, Budapest4O0 "she overt
addr: ss "BET! AA.A Officers I choeltI has boon used since December 1953 The
,?arious batteries of the school also had other dosirnati,oxs0 For mcamp1c, the
r+ ;h Dattery was called Z -C cup and the 5th Battery was called K--Group" 25X1
the 1=racks in tallation as the Ma farracl.,,:, Several
raj d n~ e
Trere cons t. ructed there after 'orld :,ar II and construction work was still being
done there until Llirch 1,951. Trainees were told the t?tho school. ~?ras subordinate:
ao the National Air Defense Cox ua.ad on Pester S trcet Buda st (1)
2. ?he school was organ:i ed :into the hetdquartors-, I technical battaiiong 1 mx;diura.
,iAA battalions. 3.-light AAA tattalion., the 10th through 12th D.tterios with
mnociai miss:i.onsa and I headquarters unit,,
The personnel of the school headquarters included Lieutenant Colonel I4szl4
arai n school cor uendant; Lieutenant Colonel Szabo (fnau), deputy school
+~carar axrcTaratg L ajor Janos DafkoT political officer; and an :assistant political
ai'f:icer., The school consisted of the following section-so
:'oliti.cal section. Consisting of I of icer in charge and 10 other officer:
?'raininry Section, Consisting of 1 officer in charge; s;
, attached olfi. fi.cer:.u ? Beni nr:
(fnu); cultural officer; the 1.2 officers givrig artillery
.netruction about 1 of icer,e headed 17 .ia jor L ezo (fine) -iv:? rah; instruction
un gonoral subjects,.- 3 civilian instructors lecturing on riathonaa tics; 3 of _ icer
; _ving signal-communications instruction., 3 officers giving geography :Ln.ztructic-
nd 8 officers giving tactical instruction. Other officers mown to source
arzc:] tadeti I.la jor Szabo (l"' nu)
cher}iic.,al warfare instructor; Captain Janos Luk cs
,,conical instructor, Senior Lieutensrit Janos Horvath and Junior Lieutenant
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ban(1oo Tho filter 1.71 screwed c.ircctly on 4], Louth'?ioeo
O stlx+ents were tole: that t' c, filter as J.a.llec:. with rnilVerizcc,. a-zieot
-i,ones an:1 fcaticrr , i s`1sk of ru1')or fabbric, ."r i-th on air filter, corrice. in.
a, 1)-t: on the hi'']~ ,' er? olacorvcd a. t tr i.:ay 11151. r='::e falter and crook T QrC'
ccinnoctec by a rib*. ec 1locec It ~.ms ; aic? that those r1,7sks wore of -ovic i,
o*'iz
_i.3., '11-o technical brat';alion+ o(ju?-) )CC2 ~11.th t; 1:107101 -L 3 x 05-m . r
rilln ye
6 l:lo(hZ x. 1 _iv x 37/-rim AI~." c1.ns 2 balli:i tic director,),, !,' model 1.;-L 3 131.
tr _lesoooeo, 2 model l-~
.i" DJ/i rallt"o fi-nndcrs 4 model -49 artillery
CCr?pa3L)-l 1 riodol. 3'-4' x 7,,62-ra 11_''hht riac`ne k;un with drum ma az:Lne 4
ncdol '_'P-4J) x 12?7-mm (?) AA m chine fauna,, and 1 machine: ;uno 25X1
I In?t laic':rn the equipment and'.: armament of the 3d fati..ory.
1114 (:., c% 'aattory of the rlediura :.:"..', battalion woo oquin iod with 1p model L-?48 x 85--rw
i, 'u.I.; 2 I ballistic director, 1 model DJJV. r n~ finder, ].:: ?e). L:- 8 BI
tc1os ,o,_)e and I :model 11.,-19 artillery oonpass', In additions ,he battalion had
1 P.1ax:i a machine gun. _]ac h battery of the li:;ht /u1.r1 battalion had 6 mc,del
`r~48 377mrl /,...L runs and 1 oriel .: 1ji~ rain,-:c finder .a 1 or 2 meter bane,
Other details on the e:luipmen-~ of this battalion lroro not kno:rnr, The 11th
wa:i oquio ed with 16 model P. 1 v x 12, 7 ran (?) heavy ii". !fLic d.':o
only from a C istanced
15., I.r adc,itiorr to TJOaoorls bolo.i ;a.l? to t:) :i unit.. t'_lc.'r ;Jere 1 model T -x
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8 ?,nr, /art ;;un 1 :s?)rel 1."-I c x _37--mm ?L. ,,ins 1. ballistic director
"U :3J^ ran-;e .tinder for ino tr` ..c i,i. nn purno.:os in the lecture ro-ru-. of ;,`_io
school, ('2)
16,. L31gnah oC ii? oriont which '.7nu3 ]?.s;-iucd: i.or in::tractian in 7 'iei' ?~3 '
;Z-7 r;ctL ar1C2 'u.1 -arian - ield, telephone sots. r"llo treino3s )r'1C'f,icec :71ih
the modal _P?--,3 radio sets,.
L7t? a; sl:iz0"::? r'o oqui.7")ec with 6 x 3-ton ""M trucks; about 1c, x 3-ton : J
ai;a and
C ope._ trucks; 4 weapon carriers; 1 Pu1)je(ia sedan i lorlr-,in- to the sc ooi
co L:inndarit;; .3 sedan ; 3 j A ' L ,'3oC's i : and. vo'-d.clos of now t~ :v from v:ie
S:)Vie ::orio of :XGr.:k''n
The school had two version: of th model 11.'-L8 x u -xa ri:'k 'mn, '11-to -)ld.er "JCrcion
was w:.thdrawn in 1)ece ber 195O and re7lacod by a gum which t e trainees wore
told durin? instruction, had been construct :c.). in 1941, The acivanta;e of the
neraer version was the am.)rovod mechan.i-,,r:l for faster unli_:nboran--,, k:-lathor
uc vanta;_;e of the newer ,wi '.7ras the fact that either end could b.) -at' o-:iad to
the l+owin Vchiclen In addition:, thu new version had an automatic #u2,o setter
to 7 lflO fuzes as co!-qoared with only 14J or 160 fuzes,, for the older i;un0 (3)
25X1 bl;.;l_1.;; known Ilincludod a T-_1 shoiI., with a cloc'ork fuzes ?a:;ec?
agi:in,;t air taracts; a model KT; 11 shell with a ri~"otillat (sic) c iar,o an an
ll,'9,JCi. fuze
, used or;airist infantry tar::cts; an armor piercinshell used a ainst
ar.aored vehicles; a"1C: a s cci.'1 'irmorrpieroin- 511011.0 Tlo instruction was t-,:Lvon
co.icor'nin:: this s 7ocial arbor-:piercin shell.
19, Thu ballistic director used at. t-t1 scio"+l" a Sovietr-.-.jmirovo-' ver:;1.on of the
ire:-. kar" r:lo(?.(:1 PUASO-3 oet ,a is}'_ Co':ild, xi 1'+o es wit.' 'i r.?,'-'r sot, `:o I'al1.i'Ji:ic
Cii'ector eir'hod 2,4"),) k" aid ',ia', o x.ua e . WZ, I team lo,70er aid I with
on(, other man o )Crntin" the (oi1Or,,tor-, #he ;:..del ..-yC, _) A r.-,n,-a, ~' i rider had. a
t. ;iotcr b.iso a,-zO was o'nor-itod by a1-c,-x.1 - , '
lc. -)acr 'I'1... t:u ec ..C:i ) i .>~'a?rr'.Zifz- L,'10
t'a'BCrsin . noc,.k'3niom 1 r : , -
,,.. e__eva-tii?- 1,a-,c;iaiaisr,. al'lc, . the rc:a'?c; air?l-+~~^ r:::c.ariis,.ia
.1C, rlo,. el BI observation tOlozxx) 3 l ~7'r , )sod. ' to C+ a re 7:,' 2 -J_%-)
: i~ etCr I:li._i_ L' i.
>osition and the t .11,-(.t aoint and was used for fir contz ol,, It .rr) )era ted 1);~-
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that it was a Soviet artillery piece, built in 191.1$, ,ihi.ch had a mtc-Y:cimu
f.f:'ective ran;;c of 3 to a km and could be. also fired =711ilo in notion,
21. The classroom instruction ?ins patt.;ernecl after the instruction held at
see.ondary schools o .since a large nunber of students had attended. only six
claw ses of elesiontary school, it was necessary to or anize atudy gf*oiror, in
the various classes and give instruction collect ively, r7ith .one ,jr two of
the more advanced L?t'idents suoervisin ; four to six less advanced Teachers
no1'o -resent in the classrooms vthen individual viork acs u.iier : to act
as counselors.
22. Su:)joctc of instruction included political indoctrination, tactics, the US
Iirny employ ant of t'ie AA artillery ballistics, basic and co,:.:>a 3s training
or dnallcc, optics and electrical v:7 ;~ 1no :ri.1, ;q ? tat.'.CI'kati[ s, .ius.iian language
and general instruction on various branch es of service, ;ix hours of
inl;tructioa on political themes ,7ere civ I'll ,` er +7G'i iLo Instruction :i..'1 tactics
.7m; f ivun i it six week (-j,, and in ,aneral dealt 4itli tIC: obje dives of tbe,
various bra ichGs ei 5e:r vice:, .11 10 iP1__ant1,r was called the _'s.ost i gertant
br; I neb of rr- ly, the armored con _and :7as considered one of the most
irttportant of: ensivo branches and the cavalry ?7as considered 7 biro nch which
was still iaoc Brno The most irr orta.lt objectives 7f the air force ?1Cr sai:'
to be sup )ortin t e infantry and destroying enemy su) 7ly line ,. `lactics
discussed included mobile anacr stationary defense, defense along rivers and
in .vo ds, at _,ack by advancing forces, at:ack on an ort my holding a defensive
position and attack on an onel:rr in r1ovice::.ento It was s aid.I that offensive ~"
ope=rations .were 'oos:sible only with forces; stronger than Vlos e of the ene.:tys, (tl)
Instruction on the American Lr1:1y stressesl the fact that the n,,ricaa i.nfantry
was ovcrmotorizeda The students wore given data concerni_n the American Sherman
tank and data for the identificatian of ',mori caa ,aircraft. It t7a., said V- at the
co:r'oat unites of the .m:erican *.ir i'orcc chiefly performed saturation '.ambi:ig,
with each bomber unit being escorted, by 2 or 3 fighter units Instruction in
firing was given for eight hours a -week and was usually in t.-,.e form of field
exercises., showing coordinated action of tin, guns and 85-rui Training
in firing was given for two hours a weeks Instruction on basic aid combat
tr?.inirig also included instruction in makeshift reinforcement of tmidges
anc. roads, Instruction on equipment inc2.:]din optical and electrical
2(111],.?.)? 'I'1t ."il:; given for h to hour:; a week and dealt with the ballistic
di ?rcte~r4 range f_inde;r, obsorvati.en telesco no arid r,rtiljcry co?:3~asi 4
Instruction in the most basic elements of the optical an." : electrot;ec'nnical
sc=.enca;a was given in a naniter wln? Cln ?'could )'lave boon suitable for aboul's
secondary school students, Two hour, par week were devoted to 7 t cr.matics
canc.. twa '.lours to ordnance. -'.1e3 latter instructi en concentrated on '~`1rts of
Vic sun and their functions , Instruction in j. ho .iussian Ian 'ua e
Via: ivon for I or 2 hours a week,, the students ',' ere taught the elements of
Vic' Russian land uage and the Cyrillic alphabet and to road and Lander s-t-w-lc
:Zw _:;La'1 to.J 0 (ncYteral i:'1:;t:Liction inclv!ie(. :hail re~Y(!.i"l ; s~i. nl-CO'': tLU1:LC~it1Q115~
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