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1st Motorized Regiment
Hqs
  1. Bn
  2. Bn
  3. Bn
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Aszód
Commanders:
    to 08.08.1942: COL Elemér Sáska
    from 08.08.1942: LTC György Vastagh
  01.04.37 Regiment Raised under 1st Mobile Brigade.
  01.10.38 Regiment 1st Mobile Brigade redesignated as 1st Motorized Brigade.
  05.04.41 Regiment Mobilized for 1941 Yugoslavian Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  20.04.41 Regiment Returns to garrisons.
  27.06.41 Regiment Mobilized for 1941 Soviet Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  06.12.41 Regiment Returns to garrisons.
  24.03.42 Regiment Mobilized.
  09.05.42 Regiment Sent to East Front with 1st Armored Field Division. (2nd Army)
  21.02.43 Regiment Remnants returned to Hungary.
  01.04.43 Regiment Inactivated.
  01.10.42 Regiment Reassigned to 1st Armored Division.
  01.08.44 Regiment Mobilized.
  12.02.45 Regiment Destroyed in Budapest.
 
2nd Motorized Regiment
Hqs
  4. Bn
  5. Bn
  6. Bn
Ungvár
Kassa
Ungvár
Munkács
  01.02.38 Regiment Raised under 2nd Mobile Brigade.
  01.10.38 Regiment 2nd Mobile Brigade redesignated as 2nd Motorized Brigade.
  05.04.41 Regiment Mobilized for 1941 Yugoslavian Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  20.04.41 Regiment Returns to garrisons.
  27.06.41 Regiment Mobilized for 1941 Soviet Campaign. (Mobile Corps)
  01.10.41 Regiment Returns to garrisons.
  01.10.41 Regiment Redesignated as 3rd Motorized Regiment.
 
3rd Motorized Regiment
Hqs
  4. Bn
  5. Bn
  6. Bn
Ungvár
Kassa
Ungvár
Munkács
  01.10.41 Regiment Raised from 2nd Motorized Regiment.
  27.03.44 Regiment Sent to East Front with 2nd Armored Division. (1st Army)
  00.04.45 Regiment Surrendered to Soviet forces end April 1954 at Styria, Austria.
 
251st Infantry Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
No garrison
No garrison
No garrison
No garrison
  05.11.42 Regiment Raised as a Non-Order-of-Battle unit for the Occupation Forces.
 
252nd Infantry Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
No garrison
No garrison
No garrison
No garrison
  05.11.42 Regiment Raised as a Non-Order-of-Battle unit for the Occupation Forces.
 
1st Parachute Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
Papa
?
?
?
  00.10.44 Regiment Raised from the parachute units for Szt. László Divison.
 
2nd (Szt. László) Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
?
?
?
?
  00.10.44 Regiment Raised from the Guard Infantry Battalion and Military Police units for Szt. László Divison.
 
Bakony Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
?
?
?
?
  00.00.44 Regiment Raised as a Non-Order-of-Battle unit for the defense of the Margareta Line south of Lake Balaton.
 
Bátaszék Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
?
?
?
?
  00.00.44 Regiment Raised as a Non-Order-of-Battle unit for the defense of the bridgehead at Baja on the Danube.
  00.00.45 Regiment Dissolved. Remnants used to fill up 20th Infantry Divisoon.
 
Drava Regiment (improvised)
Hqs
I.
II.
III.
?
?
?
?
  00.00.44 Regiment Raised as a Non-Order-of-Battle unit for the defense of the border defenses along the Drav and the Mur Rivers. Raised from the Gendarmerie Battalion.
  00.04.45 Regiment Dissolved. Remnants used to fill up the Szt. László Division.
 
1st Parachute Battalion
Hqs ?
  05.04.41 Battalion Mobilized for 1941 Yugoslavian Campaign. (3rd Army)
  20.04.41 Battalion Returns to garrisons.
  01.08.44 Battalion Mobilized and assigned to 1st Army.
 
201st Infantry Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Várpalota
  01.10.42 Battalion Raised from 2nd Infantry Regiment as Infantry Demonstration Battalion.
 
Budapest Watch Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Budapest
  01.10.42 Battalion Raised from 2nd Infantry Regiment as guard battalion for the capital of Hungary.
 
Kolozsvár Watch Battalion (Independent)
Hqs Budapest
  01.10.42 Battalion Raised from 2nd Infantry Regiment as guard battalion with three companies for Kolozsvár.
  00.00.43 Hqs, 1., 2. Sent to East Front (Occupation Forces).
  00.04.44 Hqs, 1., 2. Transferred to 1st Army.
 
Koppány Battalion (Independent)
Hqs ?
  00.00.44 Battalion Raised for the defense of Lake Balaton.
  00.03.45 Battalion Dissolved. Used to fill up the 2nd Armored Division.
 
Balaton Battalion (Independent)
Hqs ?
  00.00.44 Battalion Raised for the defense of Lake Balaton.
  00.03.45 Battalion Dissolved. Used to fill up the 20th Infantry Division.