Hungarian Ground Forces
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 really 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 has spent millions of dollars to advance their army with technological equpiment and weapons.
Contents |
[edit] Military Equipment
- RS4/4 parachute
- RS4/4 LA parachute
- MANTA parachute
- 40mm grenade launcher
- 93M frag grenade
- 96M frag grenade
- Black Cabar 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
- SOFAR UAV
[edit] Rifles/Guns
- FÉG 96M P9RC handgun
- PA-63 - phased out
- SVD Dragunov
- "Szép" (to replace the Dragunov)
- Gepard M2A1
- PKM light machine gun
- AMD-65 assault rifle - used by armoured infantry and paratroopers (20500 were given as aid to Afgan Army in 2007)
- AK-63D/AMMSz assault rifle
- M4A1 SOPMOD
- KGP-9 - submachine gun
- Heckler & Koch MP5 A3 - submachine gun[1]
- Remington 870 Marine - pump action
[edit] Armoured Vehicles as of late 2006
- BTR-80 (both in 14,5mm heavy machine gun and 30 mm autocannon turret versions)
- T-72 - Main Battle Tank (12 remain in service beyond 2007, some 77 refurbished Hungarian T-72 tanks were given as aid to Iraqi Army in 2005[2])
- MT-LB (few vehicles left with artillery troops and medical evacuation units)
[edit] Missiles
[edit] Transport Vehicles
- UAZ-469 - Main transport vehicle (for transporting troops and equipment, Jeep/Humvee-like)
- Mercedes-Benz G-270 CDI BA 10
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog 400 - Mobile platform of Mistral
- Rába H-14 4x4 truck
- Rába H-18 6x6 truck
- Rába H-25 6x6 truck
- MAN 8X8 truck
- Ikarus E-95 bus
- Ikarus F-15 bus
- Ural 4320 truck
