The Ground Forces of Hungary - one of the types of armed forces of Hungary .
| Hungarian Ground Forces | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Hungary |
| Subordination | to the commander |
| Included in | Armed Forces of Hungary |
| Type of | ground troops |
| Number | 10300 people [1] |
Designed to solve, together with other types of armed forces, tasks to ensure the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the state, to repel possible enemy aggression.
History
At the beginning of the 1990s, Hungary had 1,345 main tanks , 1,720 infantry fighting vehicles (BMPs) and armored personnel carriers (armored personnel carriers), mainly of Soviet production.
In 1999, the country joined NATO and began to switch to new standards in the field of armaments and organization of the army, while retaining the same Soviet equipment in service, reducing its number [2] .
Composition
Ground forces include: military command and control bodies, 5th and 25th infantry brigades (total: 4 infantry, 1 tank and 1 light / reconnaissance battalions), 43rd communications and command support regiment, 64th rear regiment, 37- 1st engineering regiment / battalion, 34th battalion of special operations, 93rd battalion of the RCBZ [1] [2] .
- 5th Istvan Bochkai Infantry Brigade in Debrecen :
- Headquarters and staff company in Debrecen
- Communication company in Debrecen
- Engineering company in Debrecen
- 3rd Infantry Battalion on BTR-80 in Khodmezovasharhei
- 39th BTR-80 Infantry Battalion in Debrecen
- 62nd Infantry Battalion on BTR-80 in Khodmezovasharhei
- 24th reconnaissance battalion in Debrecen
- Debrecen Operational Engineering Support Battalion
- Logistic battalion in Debrecen
- 25th Infantry Brigade Gyorgy Klapka in Tata :
- Headquarters and company headquarters in Tate
- 1st BTR-80 Infantry Battalion in Tata
- 2nd Infantry Battalion on BTR-80 in Tata
- 11th Tank Battalion on the T-72M1 in Tata
- 36th anti-tank division with ATGM 9K115 Metis in Tata
- 101st Artillery Division with D-20 howitzers in Tata
- Logistic battalion in Tate
Armament and Equipment
| Title | Picture | Production | Type of | amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks | |||||
| T-72 | the USSR | Main battle tank | 155 [1] | 100 units were purchased from Belarus in 1996 [3] | |
| T-55 | the USSR | Main and medium tank | 800 [1] | In storage | |
| Armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles | |||||
| BTR-80 BTR-80 A | the USSR | Armored personnel carrier | 600 [1] | ||
| BTR-60 | the USSR | Armored personnel carrier | 150 [1] | ||
| OT-64 SKOT | Czechoslovakia | Armored personnel carrier | 300 [1] | ||
| MT-LB | the USSR | Armored personnel carrier, artillery tractor | ~ 200 | ||
| BMP-1 | the USSR | Infantry fighting vehicle | ~ 100 [1] | ||
| D-944 PSzH | Hungary | Armored personnel carrier | some amount [1] | Modifications of radiation and chemical reconnaissance | |
| BRDM-2 | the USSR | Armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicle | 250 [1] | ||
| M-ATV | USA | MRAP | 20 [1] | ||
| Hmmwv | USA | Armored car | 80 [1] | ||
| Artillery | |||||
| 2C1 Carnation | the USSR | 122 mm self - propelled guns | 153 [1] | ||
| 2С3 "Acacia" | the USSR | 152 mm self-propelled artillery mount | 18 [1] | ||
| D-20 | the USSR | 152 mm howitzer gun | 18 [1] | ||
| 82 mm mortar | 50 [1] | ||||
| Anti tank | |||||
| 9K111 "Bassoon" | the USSR | Anti-tank missile system | some amount [1] | 9M111 Bassoon and 9M113 Competition missiles | |
| Engineering and special machines | |||||
| BAT-2 | the USSR | Track layer | some amount [1] | based on MT-T | |
| VPV | Czechoslovakia | Armored recovery vehicle | some amount [1] | based on BMP-1 | |
| VT-55A | Czechoslovakia | Armored recovery vehicle | some amount [1] | based on the T-55 | |
| BLG-60M | GDR | Tank bridge | some amount [1] | based on the T-55 | |
| MTU | the USSR | Tank bridge | some amount [1] | ||
| TMM-3 | the USSR | Heavy mechanized bridge | some amount [1] | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Military Balance 2014 .-- P. 106-107.
- ↑ 1 2 Alexander Khramchikhin / Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia: army visibility // Russian Planet. In the World, Defense (June 09, 2014)
- ↑ Belarus will increase the export of weapons // naviny.by, January 21, 2005