WWII
Hungary Cavalry Brigade

1939-June 1941 East Europe

List H8

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Cycle Battalion

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

    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, cycles
      2 platoons@ 2 MMG, 1x 20mm A/T rifle, cycles
      1 Engineer Platoon: 1(6 man) PHQ sqd, 1x 50mm, 1 truck,
      4(13 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 4 trucks

    1 Tank Platoon: 5x Toldi I
    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 3.7cm PAK35, 4 trucks
    1 Battery: 4x 105mm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11, Obsolete FC

Cavalry Squadron

    SHQ (Bttn HQ): 2 rifle sqds, horses
    3 Troops@
      THQ: 1 rifle sqd, horses
      4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, horses
      1 platoon: 12 LMG (3 man teams), horses

2. Regiment Support

Cavalry Regiment HQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses with:

1 Battery: 4x 100mm 14aM, horses, Obsolete FC

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 Horse Artillery Battalion:

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

3. Brigade Support (actually divisional level)

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

1 Motorised Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 3 lorries, Obsolete FC, 4 AAMG
    1 battery: 4x 10.5cm FH18, 4x Sdkfz 11 or lorries

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

1 Bridge Column: pontoons, lorries

4. Notes


a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and above only.
b) Infantry have no A/T grenades. A/T rifle is 20mm Solothurn.
c) Cavalry Brigades have 2 Cavalry Regiments each of 4 Cavalry Battalions; plus one Cycle Battalion.
d) In 1941 the two available Cavalry Brigades were incorporated into the Rapid Corps (Lists H13, or H4A and H12), and this list provides an alternative organisation for the Cavalry Brigades on List H13.

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