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The Royal Hungarian Army
1920 - 1945

by Leo W.G. Niehorster

 
CHAPTER 3
— The Ground Forces to March 1941 —

   
1941 Cavalry Brigade
Authorized Organization
1941 Cavalry Brigade (click for larger image)
  [Annex X, Darnoy, Organisation der kgl.ung. Honvéd Armee]
  Hungarian Military Organizational Symbols

Brigade Headquarters
2 Hussar Regiments
     •  Mounted Field Telephone Platoon
     •  Mounted Pioneer Platoon
     •  Motorized Antitank Platoon (4 light antitank guns)
     •  Tankette Platoon (5 Ansaldo CV)
     •  Mountain Artillery Battery (4 horse-drawn 75mm mountain guns)
   2 Cavalry Battalions
     3 Saber Companies (12 light machine guns + 3 ATR 20mm, each)
     1 Mounted Machine Gun Company (12 heavy machine guns + 4 medium mortars)
Bicycle Infantry Battalion
     •  Motorized Field Telephone Platoon
     •  Motorized Pioneer Platoon
     •  Motorized Antitank Platoon (4 light motorized antitank guns)
     •  Tankette Platoon (5 Ansaldo CV tankettes)
     •  Motorized Artillery Battery (4 tractor-towed 105mm light field howitzers)
   3 Bicycle Infantry Companies (12 light machine guns + 2 light mortars + 2 ATR 20mm, each)
   1 Motorized Machine Gun Company (12 heavy machine guns + 4 medium mortars)
Cavalry Antiaircraft Company (6 motorized 40mm Antiaircraft guns)
Cavalry Signal Company
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
     •  Armored Car Section (2 Csaba armored cars)
     •  Motorized Field Telephone Platoon
     •  Motorized Pioneer Platoon
     •  Motorized Antitank Platoon (4 light antitank guns)
     •  Motorized Mortar Platoon (4 medium mortars)
   Motorized Infantry Company (12 light machine guns + 2 light mortars + 3 ATR 20mm)
   Tankette Company (20 Ansaldo CV tankettes)
   Light Tank Company (20 Toldi light tanks)
   Armored Car Company (10 Csaba armored cars)
Motorized Artillery Battalion
   2 Motorized Artillery Batteries (4 tractor-towed 105mm field howitzers, each)
Cavalry Artillery Battalion
   2 Cavalry Artillery Batteries (4 horse-drawn cavalry guns 76.5mm, each)
Cavalry Combat Engineer Company Headquarters
   1 Motorized Combat Engineer Company
   1 Motorized Heavy Combat Bridge Column
Cavalry Brigade Trains Headquarters
     •  Antiaircraft Company (10 AAMG)(motorized)
     •  3 Supply Columns (ammunition)(motorized)
     •  1 Supply Column (motorized)
     •  1 Supply Column (rations)(motorized)
     •  1 Supply Administration Unit (rations)(motorized)
     •  1 Supply Administration Unit (ammunition)(motorized)
     •  1 Field Bakery Company (motorized)
     •  1 Motor Maintenance Company (motorized)
     •  1 Field Hospital Company (motorized)
     •  1 Ambulance Column (motorized)
     •  1 Engineer Equipment Company (motorized)
     •  1 Veterinary Company (motorized)
 

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