1st Armored Division

Headquarters:
Budapest (Mobile Corps, later I Armored Corps)

Lineage:
Constituted:	01.10.1942	as 1st Armored Division [1]
Activated:	00.09.1944
Discontinued:	12.02.1945	Destroyed when Budapest fell

Commanding Officers:
01.10.1942–15.11.1942	MG Jenö Major
[15.11.1942–01.04.1943]	– position not filled –
01.04.1943–00.03.1944	BG Ferenc Horváth
00.03.1944–23.09.1944	COL Ferenc Koszorus
23.09.1944–10.10.1944	COL Ferenc Deák
10.10.1944–21.10.1944	COL Béla Tiszay
21.10.1944–12.11.1944	COL Zoltán Schell
13.11.1944–00.12.1944	COL Ernö Mike
00.12.1944–12.02.1945	COL Vértessy

Administrative Subordination:
01.10.1942–01.08.1944	VKF (peace time garrisons)
01.08.1944–01.09.1944	4th Military District
01.09.1944–23.09.1944	IV Corps, Third Army
23.09.1944–05.10.1944	Reserves, Third Army
05.10.1944–23.10.1944	VIII Corps, Third Army
23.10.1944–12.11.1944	VI Corps, Third Army
12.11.1944–13.02.1945	I Corps, Third Army
Tactical Subordination:
23.09.1944–05.10.1944	LVII. Panzerkorps, Heeresgruppe Süd
23.10.1944–28.10.1944	LVII. Panzerkorps, 6. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
28.10.1944–05.11.1944	LVII. Panzerkorps, Armeegruppe Fretter-Pico, Heeresgruppe Süd
05.11.1944–12.12.1944	III. Panzerkorps, Armeegruppe Fretter-Pico, Heeresgruppe Süd
12.12.1944–13.02.1945	IX. SS-Gebirgskorps, Armeegruppe Balck, Heeresgruppe Süd

Peace Time Organization from 1943:

   1st Armored Division Headquarters
   Artillery Commander
   1st Tank Regiment Headquarters
     • I./1st Tank Regiment
     • II./1st Tank Regiment
     • III./1st Tank Regiment
   1st Motorized Regiment Headquarters
     • 1st Motorized Battalion
     • 2nd Motorized Battalion
     • 3rd Motorized Battalion
   1st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
   1st Artillery Battalion (mot)
   5th Artillery Battalion (mot)
   51st Anti-Aircraft-Battalion (mot)
   51st Anti-Aircraft-Battalion (self-propelled)
   1st Combat Engineer Battalion (mot)
   1st Armored Division Service Headquarters (mot)

   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Esztergom)
   (Esztergom)
   (Jászberény)
   (Rétság)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Aszód)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Budapest)
   (Esztergom)

NOTES:

[1] The 1st Armored Division did not really come into existence until April 1943. All components had been sent to the East Front with the 1st Armored Field Division, or were used to fill up the 2nd Armored Division, which had priority in being allocated equipment.

After the destruction of the 1st Armored Field Division on the East Front, the 1st Armored Division — still having no equipment — was used as the personnel training and replacement unit for the 2nd Armored Division, and not carried in the Szabolcs I Plan order of battle of 10.08.1943 as a combat unit. It only slowly received equipment, and was not combat-ready until mid-1944.