WWII
Hungary 1st Armoured Division

1943-45 East Europe

List H3

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Tank Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2x Turan II
      2 Medium Tank Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Turan I or Pz.IVH
        3 platoons@ 5x Turan I or Panzer IVH
        0-1 platoon: 5x Toldi IIa
      2 Heavy Tank Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Turan II or Tiger I or StuG IIIG
        3 platoons@ 3x Turan II or Tiger I or StuG IIIG
        0-1 platoon: 5x Panther G only if Tiger company fielded
      1 platoon: 5x Toldi IIa or Toldi IIIM
      1 AA platoon: 4x Nimrod

    Motorized Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2(13 man) rifle sqds, 3 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks, 1 kubel, 3-6 LMG
        1 platoon: 2x 5cm mortars, 2x 20mm A/T rifle, 2 rifle sqds, 3 trucks
      1 Engineer Company:
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds, 4 trucks, 3-6 LMG
        1 platoon: 2x 5cm mortars, 2x 20mm A/T rifle, 2 rifle sqds, 3 trucks
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 2(8 man) rifle sqds, 2 trucks
        1 platoon: 4x Nimrod
        1 platoon: 6x 3.7cm PAK36 or 5cm PAK38, 6 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4 MMG, 2 trucks
        1 battery: 4x 81mm mortars, 4 trucks

    Divisional Recce Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks
      1 Company:
        CHQ: 2(13 man) rifle sqds, M/Cs
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, M/Cs
        1 platoon: 2x 5cm mortars, 1 rifle sqd, M/C Combos
      1 Company:
        CHQ: 2(13 man) rifle sqds, 3 trucks
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 6 LMG, 4 trucks
        1 platoon: 2x 5cm mortars, 2x 20mm A/T rifle, 2 rifle sqds, 3 trucks
      1 Company:
        CHQ: 1x Csaba 39M
        3 platoons@ 4x Csaba 39M armoured cars 1 platoon: 4x 3.7cm PAK36, 5 trucks

2. Regiment Support

    Tank Regiment HQ: 5x Turan II with up to:
      1 AA platoon: 4x Nimrod 1 Recce Platoon: 5x Toldi IIa or Toldi IIIM

    Motorized Infantry Regiment HQ: 5 rifle sqds, 5 trucks with up to:
      1 Assault Gun Company:
        CHQ: 2x Zrinyi 43M or Marder IIIM or Hetzer
        3 platoons@ 3x SPG as in CHQ

3. Divisional Support

Up to:
    2 Artillery Battalions@:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 trucks
      3 batteries@ 4x 10.5cm 40M or FH18, 5x Sdkfz 11
    1 Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, 8 trucks
      2 batteries@ 4x 150mm Skoda M14/35, 4x Sdkfz 7, radio van
    1 AA Battery: 6x Nimrod

4. Notes

    a) Radios are at CHQ and above. Artillery is Assigned FC.
    b) German tanks not available before October 1944, and Hetzer not before December 1944. No more than one Tiger/Panther company can be used.
    c) Toldi IIIM not available in 1943.
    d) Infantry have Panzerwurfmine A/T grenades, and can have Panzerfaust 30 or 60 in 1944.
    e) The division has 1 Tank Regiment of 2 battalions, and 2 Motorised Regiments each of 3 battalions and 1 Assault Gun Company.
    f) A/T rifle is 20mm Solothurn.


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