WWII
Hungary Divisional Support and
Notes for Hungarian Rapid Corps

June-November 1941 Russia

List H12

by Mark Bevis

3. Divisional Support

Frontier Rifle Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses

Motorised Brigade HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries with:

1 AA Battery: 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks

1 Engineer Company:

    CHQ: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries
    3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck
    4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, 4 AAMG
    4 batteries@ 4x 105mm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11 or lorries

1 Bridge Column: pontoons, lorries

Cavalry Brigade HQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses, trucks with:

1 Horse Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, horses, Obsolete FC
    2 batteries@ 4x 80mm 05/08M, horses

1 Motorised Artillery Battalion: BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 6 lorries, Obsolete FC, 4 AAMG
2 batteries@ 4x 10.5cm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11 or lorries

1 AA Battery: 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks

1 Engineer Company:

    CHQ: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries
    3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck
    4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries

1 Bridge Column: pontoons, lorries

4. Corps Support

Up to:

2 Cycle Battalions@

    Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds, 3 trucks

    2 Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, cycles, 2x 50mm mortars
      4 platoons@ 1(3 man) rifle PHQ sqd, cycles
      3 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, cycles

    1 MMG Platoon: 3-4 MMG, cycles
    1 A/T Platoon: 3x 3.7cm PAK35 or 4cm 40M A/T guns, 4 trucks

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 8 lorries, Obsolete FC
      5 batteries@ 4x 149mm 14/35M Skoda, 4 lorries or Sdkfz 7

    13 AA Batteries@ 6 AAMG or 6x 40mm Bofors or 4x 80mm 29/38M, horses

    2 Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries
      3 platoons@ 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck
      4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries

5. Notes

    a) Radios are in CHQs if AFV and motorised, Bttn HQs if horse or cycle battalions.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades. A/T rifle is 20mm Solothurn.
    c) From June 1941 the Rapid Corps has 2 Motorised Brigades and 1 Cavalry Brigade, plus attached troops including 3 Frontier Rifle Brigades each of 2-3 battalions and 2 Mountain Brigades (List H5).
    d) The Motorised Brigades each have 1 Motorised Regiment of 3 Motorised Battalions, plus 1 Cycle Battalion, 1 Tank Battalion, and 1 Recce Battalion.
    e) The Cavalry Brigade has 2 Cavalry Regiments each of 2 Cavalry Battalions; 2 Cycle Battalions and 1 Armoured Cavalry Battalion.
    f) The Corps joined in the invasion of Russia in July 1941 and survived until November 1941 when the survivors were withdrawn and converted to an armoured division and a cavalry division.
    g) The Cavalry and Motorised Brigades were equivalent to weak divisions.
    h) Can use Army support from list H2 or German list G52.
    i) The Rapid Corps had a different organisation up to June 1941, see List H13.


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