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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
1st Motorized Brigade
Headquarters:
   Budapest (Mobile Corps)
Lineage:
   Constituted:       01.04.1937    as 1st Mobile Brigade
   Redesignated:    01.10.1938    as 1st Motorized Brigade
   Activated:    05.04.1941     
   Inactivated:    20.04.1941     
   Activated:    27.06.1941     
   Inactivated:    06.12.1941     
   Discontinued:    00.06.1942    Dissolved [1]
Commanding Officers:
   01.10.1938–01.03.1940    BG Ödön Zay
   01.03.1940–01.11.1941    BG Jenö Major
   01.11.1941–01.05.1942    BG Gyözö Ankai-Anesini
   01.05.1942–00.06.1942    COL Elemér Sáska
Administrative Subordination:
   01.04.1937–01.03.1940    HM (peace time garrisons)
   01.03.1940–05.04.1941    Mobile Corps, VKF (peace time garrisons)
   05.04.1941–20.04.1941    Mobile Corps, Third Army
   20.04.1941–27.06.1941    Mobile Corps, VKF (peace time garrisons)
   27.06.1941–09.07.1941    Mobile Corps, Carpathian Army Group
   09.07.1941–15.11.1941    Mobile Corps
   15.11.1941–06.12.1941    Mobile Corps, Returned to Hungary
   06.12.1941–00.06.1942    Mobile Corps, VKF (peace time garrisons)
Tacical Subordination:
   09.07.1941–12.08.1941    Gruppe Kempf, 17. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
   12.08.1941–21.08.1941    XXXXVIII. Armeekorps (mot), 1. Panzergruppe, Heeresgruppe Süd
   21.08.1941–12.09.1941    Gruppe Kempf, 1. Panzergruppe, Heeresgruppe Süd
   12.09.1941–22.09.1941    z.Vfg., Heeresgruppe Süd
   22.09.1941–08.10.1941    Gruppe von Roquese, Heeresgruppe Süd
   08.10.1941–12.10.1941    z.Vfg., Heeresgruppe Süd
   12.10.1941–15.11.1941    z.Vfg., 17. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
 
Peace Time Organization to 1941:
   1st Motorized Brigade Headquarters
   Artillery Commander
   1st Motorized Regiment Headquarters
     • 1st Motorized Battalion
     • 2nd Motorized Battalion
     • 3rd Motorized Battalion
   9th Bicycle Battalion
   10th Bicycle Battalion
   1st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
   1st Artillery Battalion (mot)
   1st Combat Engineer Company (mot)
   1st Bridge Column (mot)
   1st Signal Company (mot)
   1st Traffic Control Company (mot)
   1st Motorized Brigade Service Headquarters (mot) 		   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Aszσd)
   (Jαszberιny)
   (Retsαg)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
 
NOTES:
[1] Elements of the 1st Motorized Brigade used to form the 1st Armored Field Division in April 1942.
 
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