SOVIET WEAPONS IN THE HUNGARIAN ARMY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004400060007-7
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY shun .,ary
TOPIC ; ovi -e .'earaons in tho Lunrari an ~lrnly
EVALUATION 25X1 --PLACE OBTAINEDJ
DATE OF CONTENT-Tate t.u4 ust 1949
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DATE OBTAINED25. 1 DATE PREPARED-. 24 a..uary.19 O
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REMARKS
1? The following soviet weapona were used by ~ungarian units in Au-
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7.62-mm pistol, model 48 (3 oartr:ldges )
7.62-mm submachine gun9 mc:del 48 (71 car?vridge s )
7.62-mm repeating rifle with "revolving:-?butt bolt mechanism"
(5 cartrid?es)
7 0 62-mr1 light machine gun, model .'-a (`,rith four drum magazines
of 48 cartridges each)
7065-mm i.Iaksim heavy machine gun, modal 48 with 250-cartridge
belts and allegedly- 100-oartLid;e belts0
82-mm mortar
120-mm mortar
7602-run gun with recta:igular shie:l d e used as AT gun, only
for direct pointl ig
7602-mm gun for direct and indirect pointing
122-mm howitzer for i-.idireet pointing end AT defense
152-mr1 howitzer
Automatic AA gun of r.bout 40 -xi caliber
85-mm 1AA gun
T 34 tank with 76.2-mm gun without muzzle brake
7602-mm 6P gun with muzzle, brexe
122-mm SP bvwitzer.
2t The fol.?c.dng; woarons were Trovided fora but not yet issued
to, Lurk rien units:
762- mrr. rifle with telescopic sight (one for each squad)
50-mm mortar (two for each oo mpany )
12, 7x-mm Ax maohi-ae gun (one. for each company)
14.0'-mm AT rifle
107-mm lone--b ruled gun
JS tank with 12 2-mm gun (wvi th muzzle brake) and one 12.7-mm
AA such it g un
A'mored reconnaissance car
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The following additional information on weapons was obtai nod :
an Sixty apparently new T 34 tanks were seen in the Aron
Gabor (Artillery) Barracks,. BUDAPEST, in late April 1949.*
bo An officer from ESZT RGO,at (; 48/Z 27) troop camp stated in
.pril 1949 that the entire tank equipment for one tank division.
(250 T 34 tanks) was already r.; Uored. there** G
c. Eight 76,2-mm SP guns with muzzle brake were observed in
the PILISCABA (, 48/H 34) troop camp in July 1949***.
do An officer of the Kossuth twademy stated that twenty
7602-mm guns and ten 122-mm :3P guns were stored in the Aron
Gabor Larraoks for training purposes*,
e. Another :Hungarian officer said that the Soviet tank
deliveries to the Hungarian ,IrrV amounted to about 500 tanks O7
25X1 Comment:
a. The rerort is credible as most technical data could be
verified, The mentioned calibers indicate that the hungarian
army uses Soviet type weapons exclusively, presumably delivered by
the 6oviots o
b. It is assumed from the reported technical data that the folm,
lowing 6oviet type weapons are being used in the Hungarian Army:
7.62-mm Tokarev Pistol TT 1930
7.62-mm submachine gun, PPD-40 or PP6l-41
7.62-mm semi-automatic rifle Nagant 91/30 (obsolete)
7062-mm light machine gun Degtyarev 1)P (obsolete)
7.62-mm Hv machine gun iAaksim 10/31 (obsolete)
12.7-mm AA machine gun Degtyarev 1938
14.5-ma AT rifle PTRD cc T'2RS
50-mm company mortar 39, 40 or 41
82-mm battalion mortar 37 or 41
120-mm iiegt mortar 38
7602-mm field gun 39 or 42 ZIS-3
122-mom howitzer 38
152-mm howitzer 37 or 38
107-mm gun 40/Yi60 (obsolete)
37-mm AA gun 39
85-mm AA gun 39 or 44
76,2-mm 6P gun 6U-76 (obsolete)
122-mm SP howitzer 6U-l22 (obsolete)
Medium tank T 34 with 7602-mm gun (obsolete)
heavy tank 3'S-2 (38.31) with 122-mm gun
o A.s indicated in the above list, the light infantry weapons
and armored vehicles particularly include obsolete types which
are now seldom used in the Soviet Army. The figures indicating
the year of model were apparently changed to the year when the
weapon was introduced into the sun arian Army.
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do xtenorts emanatin ;. from the w-ungar'i ui ..inistry of Defense In 1940 included 2.i4~ures on shipments of :?aec,r~-cns
arriving from the .oviot Union which confirmed the Liiah per-
oenta a of .soviet equipment and most of the mentioned type
weapons Cxx),. The report is also confirmed by data on weapons
mentioned in previously subui.tted iiun-arian tactical riianuais (x)
The tanks and aP guns observed in the ,}ron Gabor (i rtillery i
Barracks probably belonged to the Tank Section of the i.ossuth
.-cademy which is known to be located there a
The information indicates that the 1st Tank Div, on which
only one deserter report is available, is being built up in
`** Probably belonging to component units of the ist Inf )iv?
? The reported figure cannot be checked but may be correct.,
It probably includes the is? guns delivered up to that time,,
Available r e ports indicate that only some of the armorer vehicles
have been issued to troop units, while others are stored in
depots to be issued to units to be activated,
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