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 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.

A listing of current land force units is here.

1 Military Equipment
2 Rifles/Guns
3 Armoured Vehicles as of late 2006
4 Missiles
5 Transport Vehicles
6 Artillery and Air Defense (provided by the Air Force)
7 Sources

[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

Hungary FÉG 96M P9RC handgun, replaced the PA-63

Soviet Union SVD Dragunov, will be replaced by the Hungary "Szép"[1] a modern 7.62×51 NATO Sniper rifle
Hungary Gepárd M2A1 - modern Anti-materiel rifle

Soviet Union PKM light machine gun
Hungary AMD-65 assault rifle - used by armoured infantry and paratroopers (20500 were given as aid to Afgan Army in 2007); now being phased out in favor of the cheaper AK-63 series.
Hungary AK-63E (AMM) and AK-63D (AMMSz) assault rifle - Hungarian copies of the Russian AKM and AKMS, respectively.
United States M4A1 SOPMOD

Hungary KGP-9 - submachine gun
Germany Heckler & Koch MP5 A3 - submachine gun^[1]
United States Remington 870 Marine - pump action
United States M249 SAW - machine gun
United States M24 SWS - sniper rifle

[edit] Armoured Vehicles as of late 2006

Soviet Union BTR-80 (513 and continuous upgrade BTR-80A onto version), BTR-80A[2] (178 pieces), BTR-80K (both in 14,5mm heavy machine gun and 30 mm autocannon turret versions)
Soviet Union T-72 - Main Battle Tank ( 15 active service (180 stored), some 77 refurbished Hungarian T-72 tanks were given as aid to Iraqi Army in 2005^[2])
Soviet Union MT-LB (few vehicles left with artillery troops and medical evacuation units)
Soviet Union BMP-1 502 mostly in stock.
Soviet Union BRDM-1/BRDM-2, Home made FUG/PSZH APC variant(Also mostly in stock)
Soviet Union T-55,Still present but not in use.