1st Cavalry Brigade (Hungary)
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.[1]
Organization
[edit]Structure of the brigade:[2]
- Headquarters - under Brigadier General Lajos Veress
- 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment
- 4th Cavalry Regiment
- 13th Bicycle Battalion
- 14th Bicycle Battalion
- 3rd Motorized Artillery Battalion
- 1st Horse Artillery Battalion
- 1st Cavalry Artillery Battalion
- 1st Cavalry Anti-Aircraft Battery
- 1st Cavalry Engineer Company
- 1st Cavalry Bridging Engineer Company
- 1st Cavalry Signal Company
- 1st Cavalry Traffic Control Signal Company
- 1st Cavalry Brigade Service Regiment
Notes
[edit]- ^ Niehorster 2013.
- ^ "1941 Cavalry Brigade, Hungarian Army". niehorster.org. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
References
[edit]- Niehorster, Leo (2013). "Balkan Operations Orders of Battle 5th April 1941". Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.