7th Infantry Brigade

World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 04.06.2013

Royal Hungarian Honvéd
7th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters:
Sopron (III Corps)

Lineage:
Constituted:	23.01.1939	as 7th Infantry Brigade. [From the 2/2 Infantry Commander, 2nd Mixed Brigade]
Redesignated:	17.02.1942	as 7th Light Division
Activated:	24.03.1942
Inactivated:	00.06.1943
Redesignated:	10.08.1943	as 7th Infantry Division
Activated:	03.06.1944
Discontinued:	26.08.1944	Dissolved [1]

Commanding Officers:
23.01.1939–01.01.1941	BG Károly Zalay
01.01.1941–07.10.1942	BG Endre Mezö
00.10.1942–00.06.1944	BG László Szábo
00.06.1944–26.08.1944	BG István Kudriczy

Administrative Subordination:
01.10.1938–01.03.1940	HM (peace time garrisons)
01.03.1940–24.03.1942	VKF (peace time garrisons)
24.03.1942–02.09.1942	III Corps, Second Army
02.09.1942–11.02.1943	IV Corps, Second Army
11.02.1943–04.03.1943	(Remnants) Reserves, Second Army
04.03.1943–00.05.1943	(Remnants) H.O.G. East, Second Army
00.05.1943–00.06.1943	Returned to Hungary
03.06.1943–01.05.1944	VKF (peace time garrisons)
01.05.1944–03.06.1944	Being activated, 3rd Military District
03.06.1944–13.06.1944	Security duties in West Hungary
13.06.1944–29.06.1944	En-route to First Army
29.06.1944–15.08.1944	Reserves, First Army
15.08.1944–26.08.1944	Being dissolved
Tactical Subordination:
02.09.1942–22.12.1942	XXIV. Panzerkorps, Second Army
23.01.1943–03.02.1943	XXXVth Italian Corps, Heersgruppe B

Peace Time Organization to 1943:
7th Brigade / Light Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 4th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./4th Infantry Regiment • II./4th Infantry Regiment • III./4th Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./7th Artillery Regiment II./7th Artillery Regiment 7th Cavalry Company 7th Anti-Aircraft Company 7th Signal Company 7th Divisional Service Headquarters	(Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Veszprém) (Mobilization Unit) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron)
Mobilized Combat Organization 01.06.1942:
7th Light Division Headquarters Artillery Commander 4th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 35th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) I./7th and II./7th Artillery Regiment 7th Cavalry Company 7th Anti-Aircraft Company 7th Signal Company 7th Divisional Service Headquarters
Peace Time Organization from 1943:
7th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 4th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./4th Infantry Regiment • II./4th Infantry Regiment • III./4th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./5th Infantry Regiment • II./5th Infantry Regiment • III./5th Infantry Regiment 17th Infantry Regiment Headquarters • I./17th Infantry Regiment • II./17th Infantry Regiment • III./17th Infantry Regiment 7th Artillery Battalion 8th Artillery Battalion 9th Artillery Battalion 7th Reconnaissance Battalion	(Sopron) (Nagykaniza) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Sopron) (Veszprém) (Szombathelyi) (Szombathelyi) (Körmen) (Köszeg) (Nagykaniza) (Nagykaniza) (Csáktornya) (Zalaegerszeg) (Sopron) (Szombathelyi) (Nagykaniza) (Sopron)
Mobilized Combat Organization 03.06.1944:
7th Infantry Division Headquarters Infantry Commander Artillery Commander 4th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 5th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 17th Infantry Regiment (I. – III.) 7th Artillery Battalion 8th Artillery Battalion 9th Artillery Battalion 73rd Artillery Battalion 7th Reconnaissance Battalion 7th Anti-Aircraft Company 53rd Combat Engineer Battalion 7th Signal Battalion 7th Divisional Service Headquarters

NOTES:

[1] The 7th Infantry Division was dissolved after its remnants had been transferred to the 24th Infantry Division during the latter half of August 1944