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Bicycle Battalions
 
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II. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Érsekújvár
  00.00.40 Battalion Raised for IInd Corps.
  27.06.41 Battalion Mobilized for 1941 Soviet Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  00.10.41 Battalion Returns to garrisons.
  Fall 41 Battalion Sent to East Front
  00.06.42 Battalion Returned to Érsekújvár, Hungary
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as the 6th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
V. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Ujvidék
  01.11.41 Battalion Raised for V. Corps.
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as the 13th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
VI. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Püspökladány
  01.11.41 Battalion Raised for VIII. Battalion. (Majority of IX. Bicycle Battalion added Spring 1942).
  11.04.42 Battalion Sent to the East Front with III. Field Corps (2nd Army)
  00.05.43 Battalion Remnants return to Hungary with III. Field Corps.
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as the 16th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
VII. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Rimaszombat
  00.40 Battalion Raised for VII. Corps.
  27.06.41 Battalion Mobilized for 1941 Soviet Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  00.10.41 Battalion Returns to garrisons.
  15.07.43 Battalion Sent to East Front (Occupation Forces)
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as the 20th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
VIII. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Nagyszöllös
  00.00.40 Battalion Raised from 22nd, 23rd, 24th Bicycle Companies for VIII. Corps.
  30.05.42 Battalion Sent to the East Front with IV. Field Corps (2nd Army)
  00.05.43 Battalion Remnants return to Hungary with IV. Field Corps.
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as the 24th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
IX. Bicycle Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Kolzsvár
  00.00.40 Battalion Raised for IX. Corps.
  30.05.42 Battalion Sent to the East Front with VII. Field Corps (2nd Army)
  00.05.43 Battalion Remnants return to Hungary with VII. Field Corps.
  10.08.43 Battalion Amalgamated into the 25th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
9. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Jászberény
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 1st Motorized Brigade.
  01.11.41 Battalion Dissolved.
 
10. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Budapest
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 1st Motorized Brigade.
  01.11.41 Battalion Dissolved.
 
11. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Retság
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 2nd Motorized Brigade.
  01.11.41 Battalion Redesignated as 32nd Tank Battalion.
 
12. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Munkács
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 2nd Motorized Brigade.
  01.11.42 Battalion Dissolved.
 
13. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Nyírbátor; as of 1940: Szilágysomlyó
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 1st Cavalry Brigade.
  01.11.42 Battalion Dissolved. Became 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division.
 
14. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Vásárosnamény; then Nagyszöllös; then in 1943: Kolozsvár
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 1st Cavalry Brigade.
  10.08.43 Battalion Redesignated as 25th Reconnaissance Battalion.
 
15. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Kiskunhalas
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 2nd Cavalry Brigade.
  28.06.41 Battalion Sent to East Front.
  00.12.41 Battalion Returned to Hungary.
  01.10.42 Battalion Reassigned to 1st Cavalry Division
  27.04.44 Battalion Mobilized for 1944 Soviet Campaign.
  01.09.44 Battalion 1st Cavalry Division redesignated 1st Hussar Division.
  00.04.45 Battalion Surrendered to Soviet forces in Styria, Austria.
 
16. Bicycle Battalion
Hqs Szeged
  23.01.39 Battalion Raised.
  01.03.40 Battalion Assigned to 2nd Cavalry Brigade.
  01.10.42 Battalion Redesignated as 1st Cavalry Tank Battalion.