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The Royal Hungarian Army
1920 - 1945

by Leo W.G. Niehorster

 
CHAPTER 3
— The Ground Forces to March 1941 —

   
1941 Army Corps
Authorized Organization
1941 Army Corps (click for larger image)
  [Annex III, Darnoy, Organisation der kgl.ung. Honvéd Armee]
  Hungarian Military Organizational Symbols
Army Corps Headquarters
Corps Artillery Command
Bicycle Infantry Battalion
     •  Motorized Field Telephone Platoon
     •  Motorized Pioneer Platoon
     •  Motorized Antitank Platoon (2 light motorized antitank guns)
     •  Motorized Machine Gun Platoon (2 heavy machine guns)
   2 Bicycle Infantry Companies (12 light machine guns + 2 ATG, each)
Motorized Artillery Battalion
   2 Motorized Artillery Batteries (2 tractor-towed 149mm field howitzers, each)
   1 Artillery Observation Battery
Motorized Antiaircraft Battalion
   1 Signal Platoon (motorized)
   1 Heavy Antiaircraft Company (4 tractor-towed 80mm antiaircraft guns)
   1 Light Antiaircraft Company (6 tractor-towed 40mm antiaircraft guns)
Motorized Signal Battalion
   1 Signal Company
   1 Motorized Signal Company
   1 Wire Construction Company
Combat Engineer Battalion
   2 Combat Engineer Companies
   2 Smoke (Chemical) Companies
   1 Military Labor Company
Corps Trains Headquarters
     • Antiaircraft Machine Gun Company (6 AAMG)(horse-drawn/wagon-mounted)
   Supply Staff
   Supply Staff (motorized)
     •  1 Supply Administration Unit (ammunition) (motorized)
     •  1 Supply Administration Unit (rations)
     •  2 Field Bakery Companies (motorized)
     •  1 Motor Maintenance Company (motorized)
     •  1 Supply Column (P.O.L.)(motorized)
     •  2 Supply Columns (motorized)
     •  2 Field Hospital Companies
     •  2 Ambulance Columns (motorized)
     •  2 Forward Collection Points
     •  1 Forward Bridge Replacement Point
     •  2 Heavy Combat Bridge Columns
     •  1 Heavy Combat Bridge Column (Training)
     •  2 Assault Bridge Columns
     •  1 Engineer Equipment Company
     •  5 Supply Columns (ammunition)(horse-drawn)
     •  1 Veterinary Company
     •  1 Corps Hospital
     •  1 Forward Supply Point (rations)(horse-drawn)
 

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