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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
1st Armored Field Division
 
Headquarters:
   Budapest
 
Ready Tank Strengths:
   31.08.1942
   15.12.1942
   12.01.1942
   13.01.1942
   14×Pz-IV(kz), 4×Pz-IV(lg), 84 Pz×38(t), 5×Pz-II.
   12×Pz-IV(kz), 10×Pz-IV(lg), 45×Pz-38(t), 8×Pz-II.
   9×Pz-III, 8×Pz-IV(kz), 8×Pz-IV(lg), 41×Pz-38(t).
   9×Pz-III, 8×Pz-IV(kz), 8×Pz-IV(lg), 40×Pz-38(t), 21 StuG.
Lineage:
   Constituted:       24.03.1942    as 1st Armored Field Division. [1]
   Mobilized:    09.05.1942     
   Discontinued:    01.04.1943    Dissolved [2]
Commanding Officers:
   15.04.1942–01.10.1942    MG Lajos Veress
   01.10.1942–06.12.1942    COL Elemér Sáska
   06.12.1942–00.04.1943    BG Ferenc Horváth
Administrative Subordination:
   24.03.1942–09.05.1942    Being activated, VKF
   09.05.1942–15.06.1942    en-route East Front
   15.06.1942–24.06.1942    Reserves, Second Army
   24.06.1942–04.07.1942    IV Corps, Second Army
   04.07.1942–21.02.1943    Reserves, Second Army
   21.02.1943–01.04.1943    Returned to Hungary
Tactical Subordination:
   04.07.1942–04.08.1942    Gruppe von Weichs, Heeresgruppe B
   04.08.1942–20.08.1942    z.Vfg., Heeresgruppe B
   02.09.1942–18.10.1942    XXIV. Panzerkorps, Heeresgruppe B
   12.01.1943–11.02.1943    Korps Cramer, Heeresgruppe B
 
Mobilized Organization on 01.06.1942
   1st Armored Division Headquarters
   Artillery Commander
   30th Tank Regiment Headquarters
     • 30/I Tank Battalion
     • 30/II Tank Battalion
   1st Motorized Regiment Headquarters
     • 1st Motorized Battalion
     • 2nd Motorized Battalion
     • 3rd Motorized Battalion
   1st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
   1st Artillery Battalion (mot)
   5th Artillery Battalion (mot)
   IInd Antiaircraft-Battalion (mot)
   51st Antiaircraft-Battalion (self-propelled)
   1st Signal Battalion (mot)
   1st Combat Engineer Battalion (mot)
   1st Armored Dvision Service Headquarters (mot)
 
NOTES:
[1] The 1st Field Armored Division was an ad-hoc formation, created especially for the 1942 Russian Campaign. It was not part of the standard peace pime order of battle.
[2] The remaining elements were returned to Hungary from the East Front and dissolved in April 1943.
 
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