1st Mountain Brigade

World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 04.06.2013

Royal Hungarian Honvéd
1st Mountain Brigade

Headquarters:
Beszterce (IX Corps)

Lineage:
Constituted:	15.09.1939	From 1st Mountain Infantry Group
Activated:	06.06.1941
Deactivated:	01.12.1941
Activated:	06.01.1944
Mobilized:	06.03.1944
Discontinued:	00.05.1945	Surrendered to the US forces in Styria, Austria

Commanding Officers:
15.09.1939–01.12.1940	BG József Németh
01.12.1940–01.10.1941	BG Jenó Felkl
01.10.1941–10.08.1943	BG Aladár Pintér
10.08.1943–10.11.1944	BG Ferenc Loskay
10.09.1944–00.04.1945	COL Lajos Barátosy
00.04.1945–00.05.1945	COL Sándor Kossuth

Administrative Subordination:
15.09.1939–01.03.1940	HM (peace time garrisons)
01.03.1940–06.06.1941	VKF (peace time garrisons)
06.06.1941–09.07.1941	Carpathian Army Group
09.07.1941–01.12.1941	VIII Corps
01.12.1941–06.01.1944	VKF (peace time garrisons)
06.01.1944–21.04.1944	IX Corps, First Army
21.04.1944–14.09.1944	VI Corps, First Army
14.09.1944–25.01.1945	V Corps, First Army
25.01.1945–01.02.1945	Reserves, First Army
01.02.1945–21.02.1945	24th Infantry Division, First Army
21.02.1945–00.05.1945	First Army
Tactical Subordination:
22.11.1944–03.12.1944	XVIII. Armeekorps, Armeegruppe Wöhler, Heeresgruppe Süd
07.12.1944–31.12.1944	XXIX. Armeekorps, Armeegruppe Wöhler, Heeresgruppe Süd

Peace Time Organization to 1943:
1st Mountain Brigade Headquarters Artillery Commander 1st Mountain Infantry Battalion 2nd Mountain Infantry Battalion 3rd Mountain Infantry Battalion 4th Mountain Infantry Battalion 33rd Mountain Infantry Battalion [1] 1st Mountain Artillery Battalion 1st Mountain Cavalry Company 1st Mountain Anti-Tank Company (mot) 1st Mountain Anti-Aircraft Company (mot) 1st Mountain Combat Engineer Company 1st Mountain Signal Company 1st Mountain Supply Services Headquarters	(Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Perecseny) (Nas zód) (Rahó) (Aknas zlatina) (Borgoprund) (Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Nagybánya) (Beszterce) (Mármarossziget) (Mármarossziget) (Mármarossziget)
Peace Time Organization from 1943:
Brigade Headquarters Artillery Commander 2nd Mountain Infantry Battalion 3rd Mountain Infantry Battalion 4th Mountain Infantry Battalion 12th Mountain Infantry Battalion 33rd Mountain Infantry Battalion 1st Mountain Artillery Battalion • 3rd Mountain Artillery Battery • 4th Mountain Artillery battery • 12th Mountain Artillery Battery 2nd Mountain Artillery Battalion • 2nd Mountain Artillery Battery • 5th Mountain Artillery Battery • 33rd Mountain Artillery Battery 1st Mountain Anti-Tank Company 1st Mountain Cavalry Company 1st Mountain Anti-Aircraft Company (mot) 1st Mountain Combat Engineer Company 1st Mountain Signal Company 1st Mountain Supply Services Headquarters	(Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Nas zód) (Rahó) (Aknas zlatina) (Borsa) (Borgoprund) (Mármarossziget) (Rahó) (Aknas zlatina) (Borsa) (Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Beszterce) (Nagybánya) (Nagybánya) (Ungvár) (Mármarossziget) (Mármarossziget) (Mármarossziget)
Border Defense Units:
62nd Border Police Battalion • 1/2 Border Police Company (2 Patrols) • 33 Border Police Company (3 Patrols) • 1/33 Fortress Company • 2/33 Fortress Company • 3/33 Fortress Company • 4/33 Fortress Company • 1/2 Fortress Company 1st Fortress Battalion • 1/1 Fortress Company • 2/1 Fortress Company • 3/1 Fortress Company	(Kisilva) (Borsa) (Báránykä) (Marosborgó) (Nagyilva) (Óradna) (Tihucsa) (Borsa) (Kisilva) (Kisilva) (Kisilva) (Kisilva)

NOTES:

[1] The 33rd Mountain Infantry Battalion was raised on 01.12.1941.