Hungarian Ground Forces

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The Hungarian Ground Forces are one of the branches of the Hungarian armed forces. It is the army which handles Ground activities and troops including artillery, tanks, APC's, IFV's and ground support. Hungary's Ground forces currently pulled out of Iraq and are currently in service in Afghanistan and KFOR.

Hungary was supported by the Soviet Union during the Cold War but since the Soviet Union's fall, Hungary cut tanks, closed garrisons, and minimized troop strength since 1991. The Hungarian Army now deals with national security, peacekeeping and international conflicts. Hungary joined NATO in 1999.

Military Equipment

  • RS4/4 parachute
  • RS4/4 LA parachute
  • MANTA parachute
  • 40 mm grenade launcher
  • 93M frag grenade
  • 96M frag grenade
  • Black Ka'bar bayonet
  • AN/PVS-14 Gen3 Monocular Night Vision
  • HALEM-2 laser rangefinder
  • 15/80 binocular
  • PSZNR-5 recce locator
  • FMG 68 decontamination vehicle
  • VSBRDM 2 ABC recce vehicle
  • SSM-1 chemical marker
  • IH-95 radiation level and contamination meter
  • CAM radiation level and contamination meter
  • VFK chemical recce pack
  • DS-10 regiment decontamination pack
  • TMF-2 automatic weather station
  • 93M protecting suit
  • 96M protecting suit
  • DECOCOM 3000 decontamination container
  • regiment decontamination trailer
  • 82 mm mortar
  • 60 mm mortar
Model Image Origin Type Number Details
P9RC P9M Hun 1.jpg  Hungary Handgun Service Handgun, replacing PA-63.
Glock 17 Glock17.jpg  Austria Semi-automatic pistol Special Forces Service Handgun.
SKS SKS - Ryssland - AM.045810.jpg  Soviet Union semi-automatic carbine Ceremonial rifle.
Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 1626 - Salzburg - Festung Hohensalzburg - Repetier.JPG  Austria-Hungary Rifle Ceremonial rifle.
KGP-9 KGP-9 1.jpg  Hungary Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch MP5 A3 MP5.jpg  Germany Submachine gun
AK-63 Akm rifle fullstock.jpg  Hungary Assault Rifle Main service rifle of the Hungarian Ground Forces and is the modernized variant of the AKM rifle. 7700 rifles have been modernized, more to follow. Versions: AK-63D/E/MF
AK-63MF 150px  Hungary Assault Rifle
M4A1 SOPMOD SOPMOD 2-2005.jpg  United States Assault rifle Special Force Service Rifle.
Remington 870 Marine Flickr - ~Steve Z~ - 870.jpg  United States Pump action shotgun
M2 Browning Machine gun M2 1.jpg  United States Heavy machine gun
Szép sniper rifle Szep sniper rifle.jpg  Hungary Sniper Rifle [1]
M24 SWS PEO M24 SWS.jpg  United States Sniper Rifle
Dragunov SVD SVD Dragunov.jpg  Soviet Union Sniper Rifle Will be replaced by Szép sniper rifle
Gepárd GepardM3.png  Hungary Anti-materiel rifle
M249 SAW 150px  United States Light Machine gun
PKM 7,62 KK PKM Helsinki 2012.JPG  Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun
H&K M320 PEO M320 Grenade Launcher.jpg  Germany Grenade Launcher

Armour and other vehicles

Model Image Origin Type Variant Number Details
T-72 Hungarian T-72 tanks.jpg  Soviet Union
 Poland
Main battle tank T-72M
T-72M1
32 Only 32 vehicles are in active service. Another 42 T-72 in reserve. The rest are being used as targets for firing).
BTR-80 BTR-80A (3).jpg  Soviet Union
 Russia
amphibious armoured personnel carrier BTR-80
BTR-80A
BTR-80K
593 Hungary is the 2nd largest operator of BTR-80 in the World with approximately 600 units (598 pieces, most of them modernized, in use, few others stored in working condition). There is also an unknown number of modernized Hungarian-upgraded BTR-80s for technical rescue, medical rescue and NBC missions (these vehicles are entering service starting with 2009).
BRDM-2 BRDM 2 TBiU 24.jpg  Soviet Union Armoured Personnel Carrier BRDM-2 250
PTS (amphibious vehicle) PTS-2.JPG  Soviet Union Amphibious vehicle PTS-2 100+ Some in reserve. Very large tracked amphibious vehicle used for crossing water bodies and building bridges across rivers
M-ATV M153 CROWS mounted on a U.S. Army M-ATV.jpg  United States MRAP 20+ Use by the Hungarian special forces in Afghanistan
M1151 HMMWV M1151.jpg  United States Utility vehicle 100+ Most of them used by the Special Forces [2]

Artillery: ATGMs, RPGs, Mortars, Howitzers etc.

Transport Vehicles

River fleet

Model Image Origin Type Number Details
Neštin-class AM 21 Százhalombatta.jpg  Yugoslavia minesweeper 3 6 minesweepers were received from Yugoslavia in 1981. As of 2014, 3 of them are in active service.

See also

Sources

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