HUNGARIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND TANK BATTALION IN KISKUNFELEGVHHSA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Prior to 23 Juno 1951, the headquarters of an infantry division uith a radio
stationwas located in a large three-story buildinc with a winc and narane,
allenedly a fo:naer school buildinc, in the center of laskunfelegybaza (7 7/
0 03). It was subordinate to a co;DO headquarters in Kecskomet (Y 6/1: 95),,
The divLcion mls ?emended by a colonel who had a liussian name and spoke
flunnarian and Russian fluently. Nis nickname, used by officers and enlisted
men, Was raiszka. Officers on the staff of the division heaequarters included
Lajor trehl (nrnu), political officer; an adjutant, a sinnal-comnuaica-
tions officer, a chief of classified documents section, and a supply officer.
3. tls driver of the reninental headquarters, source learned that the followinn
units belonged to the division: an infantry iniment rith postal0 3207 in
Szentes (Y. 7/0 32); an infantry regiment located about 3 kn cast-southeast
of Kiskunmajse (Y 6/N 90)9 on the south side of the road to Kistelek (Y 7/
0 00); an infantry regiment in Szeced (Y 7/T 17); an independent tank bat-
talion, an artillery unit, an AT artillery unit, a s*nnal unit, an school
and a oupnly course in Kiskunfolecyhaza3 and a repair shop canpnw in Kis-
kunhalas (Y. 6/N 70).
The artillery unit was located in the nenf barracks installation in the south-
southwestern sector of Kiskunfelecyhaza, which had been constructed in day
and night shifts durirn the summer of 1950 and was occunied as early as the
fall of 195C. The installation consisted of 1 large four-story buil(Jinc
nnarterinn an infantry reciment of the division in Kiskunhalas, 2 two-story
buildinns and an undetermined number of low storace buildinns, ordnance
buildinns,etc The billetinc area was surrounded by a barbed-wire fence.
An undetermined number of 122-mm howitzers and 152-mm num; without muzzle brakes
wmnoticod in the billotinc area. The 152-mm cline had a protoctive shield,
a countorrocoil rechnnism and a recoil brake above and beneath the barrel,
and a split-trail carriage, the rear section of which rested on an a%lo with
two pneumatic tires while being moved.
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The?T arti,loryu_it had from 250 to 300 nen with rod service color ow:
was quartered in a two-story former apartment building northeast of the
railrsid station. In tht sprinr of 1951, source learned that the crews for
the operation of from 25 to 30 x 76-mm LT guns stored with the tank bat-
talion had arrived there in early 1951.
6, The sinal unis, the ;:c0 school and the supply course were aloo located in
the new barracks installation, soldier attending the supply course wore
dark red service color.
Tho repair shop company consisted of about 25 mechanics and was equipped nit,
4 lathes, Including one wit;: a width of two motors, 1 planing nachioc, 1
milling machine, 2 self-concreting and 1 electric welding r:achine, and 2
test stands for generators. The company had been transferred Iron Kiskun-
felogyhaza to asla2nlialas in !:ay 1951. Its forsor location north of askunfelOgY-
haza wao still guarded by troops.
Indeoendent Tank 7atta1ion.
0. rrior to December 1950, the independent tank battalion was subordinate to the
infantry- division stationed in askunfelegyhoza. Officers at the battalion
headquarter s included a captoin who was the commanoinr officer, a junior
lieutenant who was the political officer, and a supply ofricer. The tank
battalionvao quartered northeast of the railroad station, in a barracks
installation which consisted of 1 too-story barracks building, about 110 x
12 meters; a lean-to garage, about 1.0 x 20 rotors; 1 low-trk shop and
storage building; 1 tank shed without side walls, slout 20 x 10 meters;
1 low tank sorage, about 20 meters square; 1 low storage shod for AT guns,
:r nuns and ammuntion, about 20 x 15 meters; 1 open storare shed for 1'1
guns, about 20 x 10 rioters; and 1 roraie for Si guns, about 15 x 10 motors.
5ttachod to the battalion was an SP ortilaery battalion, subordinate to the
con%nrann officer of the tank battalion. Tho personnel of the battalion-vera
mombors of the 1920 through 1910 classes.
The tank battalion consisted of a headquarters and five identically organised
componies with a total strength of 200 to 300 mon. Tho bottalionvao equipped
with 30 T-311/05 tanks, 4 of which were assigned to cacti of the five companies;
the reoaindinn 10 tanks were "frozen" and rogu only serviced to keep them ready
for use. Each cospany had from 50 to men and was canonized into a com-
pany headquarters and three platoons of two sections each. The conpanies
were conranded by lieutenants or junior lieutenants, and the platoons In
YCOs. The headquarters and the third platoon of each company wore not oquipoed
with tanks. Th( soldiers of the battalion were armed with Soviet 7.62-mm
pistols with 7-round clip magazines. No other small arms were noticed.
10, The SI' artillery battalion, which had oostal 10 1234, had 60 to 70 nen and
was organised into a headquarters and 3 identical companies. The battalion,
which had its own comanding officer, was equipood with 15 guns, 12 of
which were assigned to the companies and 3 were kept in reserve, The com-
panion averaged about 20 men and were organized into 2 platoons each. Pistols
of 7.62 oll were tho only small arts noticed by sourco. The battalion had
received five SI' guns each from the infantry regiments in Szenten,
Kikn-
majan anC 3zenod. Tho 01' guns had (. bogie r'neels? 3 track-supportiro rollers,
1 front drive wheel, I roar idler oheol and n track, about 35 en wide.
Tho body on the rear section of the vehicle oponoo toward the top. The
front armor was about 22 mm an: the side armor from 12 to 1 mm,. The 76.2-mm
gun had a muzzle brake with four bafflos. The Si gun was driven lv-tw
6-cylindor :-.1S gasoline motors0 It had a crew of four nen end an inside
loop antenna. ist
11. The vehicles of the battalion included 33 weapon carriers and fron 3 to 6
csopel trucks. Their assignment to the tankhatta/ion and the 3r artillery
battalion was not determined.
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12, The soldiers or the two units were trained at platoon level. In addition,
radio operators', drivers', gunners', technicalvand tactical trainini? was
held, jource did not hear anytbine about firinr practices. Idolitical
indoctrination wes riven six hours a week.
prom 25 to 30 x 76-mm AT guns were sheltered and serviced in the storare
buildinil of the barracks installation. The guns, which were not used for
traininc, bad a pear-shaped mu=le brake with 4 lonritudinal baffles, three-
section protective shield, a split-trail carriac,e with 2 disk wheels mount-
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Comment. The description applies to SU-76 .5' cun
Comiont. Althouda no suf2icient infomation from Kiskunfelecyhaza is
applic07-767 collation, the statenents by source are civen credence.
They indicate that a EunLarian Infantry division of to-day as 3 infantry
recimonts, 1 artillery reriment, 1 tank battalion, 1 T artillery bat-
talion and 1 signal company or battalion.
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