WWII
Hungary Rapid Corps

June - Nov 1941 East Europe

List H4A

by Mark Bevis

    Tank Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 3x Toldi 1
      2 Companies:
        CHQ: 3x Toldi 1
        3 platoons@ 5x Toldi 1

    Cycle Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds, 3 trucks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, cycles, 2x 50mm mortars, 2-3x A/T rifles
        4 platoons@ 1(5 man) rifle PHQ sqd, cycles
        3(13 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG, cycles

    1 MG Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      2 platoons@ 2 MMG, 1x 20mm A/T rifle, 2 trucks
      1 battery: 3x 81mm mortars, 1 lorry, Obsolete FC

    1 Engineer Platoon: 1(6 man) PHQ sqd, 1x 50mm, 1 truck, 4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 4 trucks

    1 Tank Platoon: 5x CV3/33 tankettes
    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 3.7cm PAK35 or 4cm 40M A/T guns, 4 trucks
    1 Battery: 4x 105mm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11, Assigned FC

Motorised Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 3 lorries, 1x A/T rifle
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry, 2-3x 20mm A/T rifles
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 50mm mtr, 2 lorries
    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 2(8 man) rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      2 platoons@ 8 MMG in 4(8 man) rifle sqds, 4 trucks
      2 platoons@ 8 LMG (3 man teams), 2 trucks
      1 battery: 3x 81mm mortars, 1 lorry, Assigned FC

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

    1 Engineer Platoon: 1(6 man) PHQ sqd, 1x 50mm, 4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 3 lorries

Recce Battalion of Motorised Brigade

    Bttn HQ: 3x Csaba 39M armoured cars, 2 trucks
    1 Recce Company:
      CHQ: 2-4x Csaba 39M
      3 platoons@ 4x Csaba 39M

    1 Recce Company:
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 50mm, 4 trucks

Cavalry Squadron

    SHQ (Bttn HQ): 2 rifle sqds, horses
    3 Troops@
      THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses, 1x 20mm A/T rifle
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, horses (only 2 platoons by July 1941)
      1 platoon: 12 LMG (3 man teams), horses

    1 MG Troop:

      THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      2 platoons@ 4 MMG, pack horses 1 battery: 3x 81mm mortars, pack horses

Armoured Cavalry Battalion (of Cavalry Brigade)

    Bttn HQ: 3x Csaba 39M armoured cars, 2 trucks
    1 Recce Company:
      CHQ: 2-4x Csaba 39M
      3 platoons@ 4x Csaba 39M

    2 Recce Companies@
      CHQ: 2x CV33 tankettes
      4 platoons@ 4x CV33 tankettes

Attached Frontier Rifle Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 50mm mtr
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds
      4 platoons@ 3 MMG, 1x 20mm A/T rifle
    1 Battery: 4x 80mm Skoda M05/08M, horses
    1 Mortar Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 3x 81mm mortars
    1 Recce Platoon: 4 rifle sqds, cycles, 3 LMG

2. Brigade Support

    Cavalry Regiment HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries with:
    1 Engineer Platoon: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, horses
    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 3.7cm PAK35 or Bofors M36, 3 trucks
    1 Tank Platoon: 5x CV33 tankettes
    1 Battery: 4x 75mmL15 15/35M pack howitzers, horses

    Motorised Regiment HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries with:
    1 Engineer Platoon: 1(6 man) rifle/engineer PHQ sqd, 1 truck
    4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries

3. 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) The Rapid Corps has 2 Cavalry Brigades each of 2 Cycle Battalions, possibly 1 Tank Battalion, and up to 6 Cavalry Squadrons in 2 Cavalry Regiments. There is also a Tank Brigade of 3 battalions, 3 Frontier Rifle Brigades with 2-3 battalions each, and also 2 Mountain Brigades (as list H5).
    d) 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.
    e) The Cavalry and Motorised Brigades were equivelent to weak divisions.
    f) Can use Army support from list H2 or German list G52. g) Can use Division support from list H12.


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