1st Cavalry Brigade (Hungary) explained

The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II.

Organization

Structure of the brigade:^[1]

• 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

References

• Web site: Balkan Operations Orders of Battle 5th April 1941 . 24 April 2014 . 2013 . Niehorster . Leo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140424064037/http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/500_eto/_41-04_balkans.htm . 24 April 2014 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1941 Cavalry Brigade, Hungarian Army. niehorster.org. 2019-01-22.