Hungarian infantry somewhere on the Eastern Front; 1942.

Pause in combat activity

Hungarian soldiers follow a truck with the body of a deceased colleague before the burial ceremony on the Soviet-German (Eastern) Front; 1942.

Farewell to a fallen comrade

A Hungarian soldier stands on the road by a crashed Soviet I-16 (Ilyushin) fighter, somewhere in Russia; November 1941. 

Crashed enemy plane

Hungarian soldiers at the grave of sergeant (Őrmester) Istvan Kemeny in the village of Ternovoye, Ostrogozhsky district, Voronezh region; Russia, July 1942.

Grave of a fellow soldier

Hungarian soldiers near the 40-mm Nimród World War II Hungarian selfpropelled anti-aircraft tank, on the grounds of  Ferenc József infantry barracks on  Üllői út 133-135 in Budapest. Originally, it was intended to be used as an anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapon, but it proved to be ineffective against Soviet T-34 tanks.  In the background, behind the railway embankment, is the Church of the Holy Cross (Szent Kereszt-templom); 1942.

"Nimrod" selfpropelled gun

Hungarian soldiers eat from their mess-kit while sitting on the armor of a 40-mm ZSU 40M "Nimrod" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun; Eastern Front, 1942.

Grab a meal on top of an AA gun

A Hungarian soldier armed with a German MP-40 submachine gun poses for the camera in front of a bunker on the Eastern Front; 1942.

Left-handed soldier with a fur hat

A battery of Hungarian 105-mm light field howitzers fires at the Soviet troops somewhere on the Eastern Front; 1942.

A barrage on the enemy

A Soviet soldier performs a song to the delight of visiting Hungarian officers and fellow POWs in a prisoner of war camp on the Eastern Front; 1942.

Happy in Hungarian captivity

Hungarian soldiers carry a coffin with the body of a deceased comrade during a burial ceremony on the Soviet-German Front; 1942.

Farewell to a comrade in arms

A group photo of Hungarian servicemen celebrating Christmas on the Soviet-German Front. They stand in front of a 40-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun "Nimrod" (40M Nimród).

A drink and a tiny Christmas tree

Hungarian soldiers guard Soviet POWs on the Eastern Front; 1942.

Captured Soviet soldiers

Hungarian tank crews in practical training on the Pz. Kpfw. VI Tiger tank by members of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung (German 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion). At the end of the training, ten Tiger tanks were transferred to the Hungarian army; Ukraine, May 1944.

Training on the Tiger

Hungarian motorcycle couriers or scouts somewhere on the eastern front near Kharkov in the winter of 1942 in a mask covering their faces due to the extreme cold

Freeze

Hungarian soldiers at the Schwarzlose MG M.7/12 anti-aircraft machine gun in Yugoslavia; 1941.

During the return of Southern Territories

Unknown type of Hungarian small tanks on their way to Тячів [Tyachiv] Ukraine
The picture is a good example of the fact that the equipment of the Hungarian army would not have been adequate even in the First World War, not least in the Second World War
It is incomprehensible why the german Reichkanzlei Adolf Hitler and the hungarian Governor Miklós Horthy why did not realize this fact



Matchboxes 

A Messerschmitt Bf-109F in service with the Royal Hungarian Air Force, somewhere on the Soviet snowfield.

Marking of a small air force

A group of Hungarian soldiers pose in front of a Rába Botond (probably M38) all-terrain vehicle, somewhere in the USSR. 1942.

Botond all-terrain truck

When most people hear the word “tank,” they probably don’t picture this. The Hungarian army created these miniature “mini tanks”. Their purpose was for swift and stealthy maneuvers.
  While they may have seen as a good idea at the time, able to maneuver where regular tanks couldn’t, in the end, they proved to be ineffective, and they ceased to be produced. This is most likely because they were outgunned by larger tanks.



Hungarian Mini Tanks

Hungarian soldiers, protecting a moving troop train, observing suspicious air activity; Eastern Front, 1942.
   The 31M (8 mm) machine guns were produced by the Waffenfabrik Solothurn A.G. of Switzerland.


Machine gun protection

A Hungarian soldier poses with a disabled Soviet 76-mm divisional F-22 gun; Eastern Front, 1942



Wartime scrap

A Hungarian war correspondent decorates the hood of a 1938 Chevrolet Suburban on the Eastern Front with flowering branches; May-June 1942.

 

Things a war correspondent does

Hungarian military on a road in Northern Transylvania (Erdély). In the foreground is a field kitchen and a cook serving food to soldiers; 1940. 


Halt to feed the troops

Hungarian army generals on a road in northern Transylvania (Erdély) as the Kingdom of Hungary reclaimed it from Romania as lost territory; August 30, 1940. 

Lost land returned

A Hungarian captain (3 stars on his collar lapel) and Soviet officers talk during the surrender of a company of the Hungarian army. In the center of the picture (with one star and a chevron on collar lapel) is a sergeant (probably he is a translator). Presumably, the picture was taken on the border with Austria; April, 1945. 

Hungarian Forces

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