Soft-skin Vehicles in Service with the Hungarian Army (1930-1945)

[Dénes]

Hi all,

This is my first post on this forum.

Currently I am working on a book that describes the activity of the Royal Hungarian Army (Honvédség) between 1919-1945.
At the end of the book, individual type sheets will be included describing each weapon, vehicle, airplane, etc. used by the Honvédség.

Below I post the (provisional) list of all soft-skin vehicles in Hungarian service.

I would like to ask the fellow forumites to check it out and correct the errors and complete with the missing types as well as information, including the number of each types used in Hungary, if available.

Also, any photos of vehicles in Hungarian service (particularily those marked with a star *), that can be published, would be welcome. The name of the contributor will be mentioned in the book.

Thanks, in advance, for your kind help.

Dénes

* * *

Preliminary List of Soft-skin Vehicle Types in Service with the Royal Hungarian Army (1930-1945)
- by Dénes Bernád, 2000-2006

Cars:
*WM H-2 30 M
*FIAT 2F 29 M
FIAT 508M Ballila ? M
*FIAT 512 31 M
*FIAT 520 F4 33 M
*FIAT 525N 32 M
*Krupp L2 H.43 35 M
*Krupp L2 H.143 37 M
*Ford V-8 (60 HP) 39 M
*Ford V-8 (90 HP) 40 M
Mercedes-Benz G-5 38 M
*Steyr 55 ? M
Steyr 1500 43 M
*Škoda P1100 Popular/Colonial 42 M
*VW Typ 166 Schwimmwagen 44 M
*VW Typ 82 Kübelwagen 44 M

Trucks:
*FIAT 4T 30 M
*FIAT XV 33 M
*FIAT 508 33 M (2+1 seats)
*FIAT 508C 1100 38 M (4 seats)
Botond I 38 M
Botond II 38/42 M
Krupp Protze 37 M
**Krupp Protze Command ? M
*Rába V 27 M
*Rába AFa ? M
*Rába AFe ? M
Rába AFh 33 M
Rába AFi 35 M
Rába 31 M
Rába-Krupp L 3.6H 31 M
Rába-Krupp L 3.5H 63 32 M
Rába Super 32 M
Rába Super D ? M
Rába Speciál 32 M
Rába Maros (K-3) 43 M
Ford-Marmon 39 M
*MAVAG-Mercedes LO 2000 36 M
*MAVAG-Mercedes LO 2500 38 M
Mercedes-Benz L3000 A/S 44 M
Mercedes-Benz L4500 A/S 44 M
*Klöckner-Deutz 330A/S 41 M
Magirus 3000 41 M
*ZIS ? (ex-Soviet, captured) ? M
FIAT 6M Autocaretta 32 M
FIAT/Spa Duvunque 36 M
FIAT/Spa 38/R 38 M
Ford V-8 (USA & Köln) 38 M
*Ford BB 39 M
*Ford Marmon V-8 40 M
Opel-Blitz Type 3,6 36S & 6700A 43 M
*Opel-Blitz (2.5t) Ambulance
Praga RV 42 M
Phänomen Granit ? M
*Škoda 256 Ambulance 43 M
*Škoda 356B (?) [Wrong type?]

Artillery Tractors:
Pavesi P4-100 28 M
Breda 32 32 M
HSCS KV-40 41 M
HSCS KV-50 43 M
MWG T41M 41 M
Hansa-Loyd SdKfz 11 37 M
*Rába T41 41 M
Steyer RSO 44 M

Motorcycles:
*AJS 500 36 M
*AJS 1000 36 M
Méray-Jap 500 32 M
Moto-Guzzi 35 M
BSA 500 35 M
BSA 770 35 M
Puch 350 GS 39 M
Puch 250 S4 40 M
FIAT-Gilera 300 (or 500?) 43 M
*Auto-Union 43 M
NSU 251 (or 241?) 43 M
BMW R.75 43 M
Zündapp 750 43 M

WM Army bicycle 32 M

*Cross-country Vehicle [Horse-drawn Wagon] 36? M [type sheet no, photo yes]
*Cross-country Ammunition Vehicle [Horse-drawn Ammunition-carrying Wagon] ? M

* * *

Note: civilian vehicles, impressed into the Honvédség in small numbers, not listed

[Keith Webb]

Hi Dénes

Can't help with the vehicles, but I just wanted to say I had a look at your aircraft website. Some very interesting pictures there, most of which I hadn't seen before.

Well done!

Regards, Keith.

[cliff]

the Krupp Protze Command ? M you have in the Cars column is in fact a 6X4 truck chassis and is not classed as a car but rather a truck.

I cannot help with photos at the present time but if I come across any I will certainly let you know.

Cheers
Cliff

[Dénes]

Thanks, Cliff, for the hint.
List modified.

More corrections/additions welcome.

Dénes

[Dénes]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
I just wanted to say I had a look at your aircraft website. Some very interesting pictures there, most of which I hadn't seen before.

Well done!

Regards, Keith.

Thanks, Keith, for the kind words.
Aviation history of Central and Eastern Europe is the actual field of research of mine.

I also checked briefly your site: http://www.oldcmp.net/indexes.html
Looks interesting, indeed. Will have to return.

Dénes

[wim sikkelbein]

Hi Denes,

Try this site, it contains info on a lot of tanks, trucks etc from a lot of different countries.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/

Wim

[Dénes]

Thanks, Wim, for the link.
However, I could not find a single reference to any Hungarian soft-skin vehicles in that web site.

If you, or anyone else, know of other web site(s) with reliable info on this little-known topic, please let me know.

Dénes

[Larry Hayward]

Hi Denes

May I have the link to your aircraft web site?

Thanks

[Dénes]

If you click on the 'www' button under each of my posts you will be taken to the (temporary) start page of my web site (under work).
Also, here is a direct link:
http://aviatia.cda.ro/denes/start.html

Now back to my 'master' list of vehicles...

Dénes

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Dénes, welcome to this forum!

I can't really help you with your query, othet han pointing out this related thread: Traction for Hungarian Guns.

I'd be very interested to read your book, mainly for learning more about the Hungarian Ford/Marmon-Herrington trucks.

Regards,
Hanno

[Dénes]

Here's a photo, scanned from a Hungarian magazine, 'Modell es makett', of a 'Chevrolet' (?) car, seen in 1944:



Can anyone identify the exact type?

Dénes

[cliff]

Originally posted by Dénes
Here's a photo, scanned from a Hungarian magazine, 'Modell es makett', of a 'Chevrolet' (?) car, seen in 1944:



Can anyone identify the exact type?

Dénes

It is a 1938 'HB Master' or 'HA Master deluxe'

cheers
Cliff

[Dénes]

Here's another photo, from my collection, showing a row of cars & trucks in Hungarian service.
Can anyone identify these vehicles? Photo taken in early 1944.



Dénes