(SANITIZED) 85MM AA BATTERY ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 19, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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20 The regiment consisted of nine identical batteries located at the
following places: Csilleberc, Paty J1730N.1849E ], Budaors L4727-
7, Zsiroshegy and Martinovits Hegy, The locations of the
other four batteries I cannot remember, but were all in or around
the Budapest area,
3. The unit consisted of two firing sections, one
technica and range finder operators platoon and one headquarters
platoon. Approximately 103 officers and enlisted personnel were
as-signed to this battery, Each of the firing sections had four 85mm
AAA Guns with seven men per gun. A field telephone was located in
each gun position and as connected to the battery commander's
stationo There was no lateral tel^phone connection between gun
positions and all calls had to be made through the battery commander s
switchboard. The gun positions were placed in a circular pattern
and approximately 25 meters apart. Each of the gun positions con-
tained approximately 30 AAA shells, The technical and range finder
platoon was composed of 10 fire range computors and four range finds
operator personnel. The headquarters platoon consisted of five tel-
ephone operators, five R-20 or R-40 radio operators and four in-
strument reconnaissance personnel,
4, The DJ-1 Soviet-type range finder _s oz-band '-o thi
unit and a new type soviet manufactured range finder known as the
PAU20-3 (spelling ?) was delivered to this unit around Sept 56,
The difference between the DJ-1 and the new type ran ;e finder was
that the computations were made by electronic means nd transmitted
to the fire range computor board by cables which went: attached
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underneath the range finder base. In operating the Di-1, compu-
tations were made by personnel and had to be passed orally.
5. Practice alerts were conducted approximately 10 times daily at
which tie all the personnel of the battery had to be at their as-
signed stations, Passes into town were strictly limited and
approximately six men were permitted to be on pass up to 2400 hours
or on leave, All transportation needs of the battery were filled
by calling the regimental headquarters which sent out the requested
vehicles. The battery had no vehicles of its own,.
6. A radar station was located on Szabadsaghegy approximately 1800
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(1) Officers' Billets,
(2) Guard post at entrance to AAA Site.
(3) Messhall, ground floor only,, wood construction with slate
roof, approximately 25m x 10m in size.
(4) Battery headquarters and administrative offices, ground
floor only, wood construction with slate roof, apR.rox-
imately 10m x 25m.
(5) Recreational and lecture hall, ground floor only, wood
construction with slate roof, approximately 10m x 25m.
(6) Billets for the technical and range finder platoon, ground
floor only, wood construction with slate roof, approxi-
mately 10m x 25m.
(7) Billets for the gun section, ground floor only, wood con-
gtruetion with slate roof, approximately 10 x 25m.
(8) Ammunition storage, bunker typo construction of reinforced
concrete and contained approximately 2200, 85mm AAA shells.
(9) Radio and telephone operators position,
(10) Range finder position,
(11) Fire range computori position.
(12) Battery commanderps position,
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5. Position: Commanding officer of the
AAA Battery.
co Janos Sarreti
1o Rank: 2nd Lt AAA
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1o Descriptive sketch DJ-1 range finder (Soviet).
2e Descriptive sketch of barracks area and gun positions of
the PF 9015/M 85mm AAA Battery.
3o Location overlay sketch,]
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