(SANITIZED)HUNGARIAN ARMY UNITS AND INSTALLATIONS(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 2, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ThL auterltal coatslna lafosmstioa sftectia~ the Nstloaal Defense of the IIaited 8tatee withla the meaning oi. the 8spionsge T?swx. 1Ytle
18, II.B.C. Secs. ?99 sad 794, the trsaamissioa or revelation of which !a say manner to sa uasuthorlsed person 1s prohibits + by law.
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COUNTRY Hungary
Hungarian Army Units and
Installations
NO. PAGES
REQUIREMENT
NO.
reports concerning
Hungarian Army units and installations, as fallowse
1. Barracks at Zalaegerazeg (two pages -sketch with legend).
2, Hungarian Army atmaunition d s (one page, listing thirteen dumps;
with ~rery brief descriptions .
3. Artillery Group No. 8619, Budapest (three pages, giving organ.~.zat,~.cn,
miss'i_on, personnel information, and the imitf s history during tY?e
Navember x95fi uprising).
BTATE x ARMY X NAVY % AIR ~ BI AEC
I(NoM~ Ws~hin9toe distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
20 March 1957
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1. At Appendix "!~" is attached a sketch plan of the barracks
at ZAT.~;EGERSZEG, 20 railer tirest of Take }3AL1iTON.
2. These barracks housed until November,1956 a regiment of
artillery - the 32nd Regiment. One battalion of this regiment
~?ras eq~.ipped Frith tt~elve 76 inn. half. automatic anti-tank guns
(firing 16 rounds a riinute). The tti~ro other battalions are each
equipped tivzth tzrelve 122 rlin. guns. `l'he 76 iv:i. is the .Russian ZIS 3.
The 122 ~:~:~. is i:u~d e iz i iungary,
LEGEND for ~",l~pendix "~!,"
A. ~ Chui^ch
? /~ TT
L'~. y : l 1.
C. Civil Police
G,
S, horses
T. ;entry box
U. ;petrol "tore
V. Garage
~i. iepair shop
Erie;. factor,,-
Clothes ~ actory
Fat i:~
Office and HQ
fi?r;Iess i~t.ll
J. Officers' i:~.ess hall
:~:: Infantry barracks
T,. Officers quarters
nick 'aay
F. Shop
Q. Gynraasiuin
;~, ~'~.iunition store
f. Clothes store
~stillery
Rifle, range
Shore ~ tailor shop
I+'iring range
Football pitch
.'etrol store
Rifle store
Stove for infzuuztry bs.zoolcas e. ~ Cleaning shop
~r?.
Food
h.. Clothes store
S[CAE7 ~ i..
lxeercis a yard
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HUNGARY
MILITARY
HUNGARIAN ARMY AMMUNITION DUMPS
Stora~o Installations.
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TOROKBIILINT. This is an old ammunition underground
dump, now modernised.
NYIRTELEK near NYIREGYHAZA. Surface installation in
~vroct for al~liLUnition storage.
Ht-~n Sl1~iSON. Surface installation in forest for
ammunition stora~;o.
Tl,BORFALV~', near ORKENY. t~:imunition dump. This is also
the research station of the Hungarian nrm,~ ~i'echnical Research
Institute for all spheres of r~iilitary research.
DEVECSER. Moderni scd underground dur,p for ammunition.
CZt1SZlsR. lrsril,unition dump.
NOGHO. l-ramunition durip (Underground ?).
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PUSZTI',VACS near ORKENY. Base maintenance depot.
Ammunition issued omly for manoeuvres, otherwise this is a long-
term storage dump,
IZSAK. Ammunition dump,
n
ERDOTELEK, A~:uzunition dump.
KAPOL~f. ~-~ununition dur.~p.
BUDAPEST. TIP~ZOT UTCI,. Storage of wcZpons.
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T{"~PIOSZECSO. New storage d.cpot for u~capons gradu~~lly
taking the place of RUD1iPEST TIM07.' UTGA since 195.
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Military
Artillery Group HO 8619, BUDAPEST
1. OIGA i~TISAT I ON
(i) Az~tillery Group HO 8619 was based on a headquarters
at Robert Karoly Fi~rut, BUD,~pE3T XTII. It was commanded
by Lt. Col P Pp, Ferenc, and was sL~bordinated diroctly
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under the Ministry of War,
(ii) TYic gro?a:~ comprised the following an peace-time
e stabll shrr~ nt s-*
(.a) Light l,rtiller.y Regiment E 9613, located at
>1UNhF~LI"~,;,,~~O.C.(P,9ajo~~GY, Lajos. Four batteries,
oach of two troop`s ~ each of throe 37 mm.. anti-tank
guns manned ~: one 1V.C.0. and six mon.
(b) Onc similar light Regiment,. locatod at SZOLNOK.
(c) Ona rhodium Re gimp nt located a i; S~EIiESFEH~,RVAR,
Four batterios, ogcl.~ of two troops each of three
85 r~~n. guns, manned by one N.C,O,. and six :non.
( d) One s i~nilar mo dium regiment located at Vl,C .
(iii) On mobilisation oach battery doubled its number of
troops, thus giving; a war Establishment for tho regiment
of forty-c ight instead of twenty~f our guns, The mobil-
isation stores including guns and transport, vvcre kept
~r:ith thQ units as roscrvo, .
2. FUNCTION ["AND EQUIP~:RENr
( i) 'rho primary role of the group was anti-tank dofonce
and most of the training was directed to this end, Its
soconds~}y task Vras anti-aircraft defence but little training
was give in this.
(ii) !.l thQ equipmont was of Russian manufaeture~
The 37 inn: guns wore of conventional type, fitted with
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tcnance of optical, or radix equipment.
by a second lieutenant, It had no facilities for the main
(vi) The i~cgimental M,T, workshops at ~ 9613 was corn;lando d
little used, even for training, ~Ls it was considered obsolete.
towed a trailer carrying a generator. This equipment was
was a mobile radar sot mo+~ntQd on a lorry chassis which
(v) !wt the hcadquc~rters of Light Ftcgiment E 9613 there
findEr of 4 riotres base.
(iv) Each light troop Y~ad a conventional prismatic rango-
tracked carriers.
(prQSUmably hollow charge) . ThQ y wore towed by die scl
plus anti-tank sholls which ~~burn through< the armour
(,iii) The 85 mm~ guns carried similar types of ammunition
ition p:r gun worn not fixed.
cu5sion fuzes and ,~?~p~ sholls. Proportions of amman-
these pieces includ?d H,E. pro~octilQS on time or pvr-
carried the crow and ammunition. ThQ ammunition for
muzzl? brakes, and towed by 2 x 4 diesel lorries which
THE i?ISTOP-.Y OF E 9613 DURING l~AD SINGE THE UPRISING
~~.`~ i 9 R 5 .~
(i) DUNl.FMLDVAR was very quiet throughout the early
stages j though the whole of the regi:;~ent declared itsalf
for the insurgents ~ On 2nd November Swie t tanks woro
reported approaching fr. om the East. E 9613 was deployed
/to
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to cover the Danube bridge but it was overrun Qarly on 25X1
4th November, aftor suffering some casualties. The ?
rcgirr~nt was disarmQd and all ranks confined to barracks..
Many lator oscapod and wont home?
(ii) On 10th November all troops wQrc~ advisQd to roport
to thoir units by 21st November, but of the twenty officors
only six agreed to sign cn undor the Radar regime? This
number includo d tree O,C., Ma,3 or N~GX+ The rc st recd ive d
thoir dischargo papers.
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o quippe d with sn1a11 arras onl
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