List of equipment of the Hungarian Ground Forces
This is a list of equipment used by the Hungarian Ground Forces.
Infantry equipment[]
- RS4/4 parachute
- RS4/4 LA parachute
- MANTA parachute
- 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
- 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
- 2015M protecting suit
- DECOCOM 3000 decontamination container
- Regiment decontamination trailer
Infantry weapons[]
Vehicles[]
Main battle tanks | ||||||
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Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Active number | Details |
Leopard 2 | Germany | Main battle tank | Leopard 2A7+ Leopard 2A4 |
0 (44 on order) 12[14] |
44 Leopard 2A7+ and 12 Leopard 2A4 tanks on order.[15][16] | |
T-72 | Soviet Union Belarus |
Main battle tank | T-72M1 | 34[17] | ~ 130 tanks in reserve.[17] Will be replaced by the Leopard 2A7+ in the 2020s.[16] | |
Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
Lynx | Germany Hungary |
Infantry fighting vehicle | KF41 | 0 (218 on order) | On August 16, 2020 the Government of Hungary and Rheinmetall Group have signed a contract to start manufacturing the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle family in Hungary. Estimated to start arriving around 2024-2025, the first batch of 200+ Lynx vehicles are expected to reach operational capability in the Hungarian Defence Forces by 2026-2027. Government of Hungary and Rheinmetall Group have signed a contract to establish a joint venture to start manufacturing the Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle in Hungary. The deal is estimated to worth over 2B euros including technology transfers and it confirms the Hungarian Defence Forces has chosen the Lynx KF41 as the next-gen tracked IFV for its armed forces.[18] On 9 September, the Hungarian Defence Forces officially ordered 218 Lynx Kf41 vehicles, out of which 172 will be manufactured in Hungary.[19] | |
BTR-80 | Soviet Union Russia Hungary |
Amphibious armoured personnel carrier | BTR-80A BTR-80 BTR-80 SKJ BTR-80 VSF BTR-80 MVJ BTR-80 MPAEJ BTR-80 MPFJ |
120 260[10] Unknown 4[20] Unknown Unknown Unknown |
555 units received from Russia between 1996-1999.[9] Modernized Hungarian-upgraded BTR-80s for technical rescue, medical rescue and NBC missions. | |
BRDM-2 | Soviet Union | Combat reconnaissance vehicle | BRDM-2 VSBRDM-2M |
12[21] 5[20] |
Equipped with 9M111 and 9M113 Konkurs anit-tank missiles,[22][23] others (VSBRDM-2M) are modified and upgraded for NBC missions.[24][20] | |
Gidrán | Turkey Hungary Germany |
Armoured combat vehicle | 10 (40 on order)[25] | First 10 vehicles are from Turkey, the rest of the order will be based on a Nurol Holding licence and it is planned to be manufactured and developed in Hungary in collaboration with Rheinmetall.[26] Around 300 planned.[25] | ||
Oshkosh M-ATV | United States | MRAP | 20+ | Used by the Hungarian special forces in Afghanistan.[27] | ||
Cougar | United States | MRAP | 13 | Used by the Hungarian special forces in Afghanistan.[28][29] | ||
International MaxxPro | United States | MRAP | ~42[10] | Bought second-hand.[30][31] | ||
M1151 HMMWV | United States | Utility vehicle | 80+ | Most of them used by the Hungarian special forces.[32] | ||
Polaris RZR | United States | Light utility vehicle | 12 | Used by the Hungarian special forces.[33][34] | ||
Turkey Hungary |
NMS | unknown | [35] | |||
Yörük | Turkey Hungary |
unknown | [36] | |||
Artillery | ||||||
PzH 2000 | Germany | Self-propelled artillery | 0 | 24 on order.[37] | ||
D-20 | Soviet Union | Howitzer | 12[10] | 283 in reserve.[38] | ||
Surface-to-air-missile systems | ||||||
NASAMS | United States | Self-propelled surface-to-air missile system | 2 AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER guidance sections 60 AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER missiles 4 AMRAAM-ER training missiles (CATM-120C) |
Unknown | Kongsberg Defence Systems and Raytheon Technologies were awarded a 410 million euro contract to deliver the NASAMS system to the Hungarian Defence forces.[39][40] | |
2K12 Kub | Soviet Union Hungary Poland |
Self-propelled surface-to-air missile system | 16[10] | Modernized in cooperation with Poland.[41] | ||
Mistral | France | Surface-to-air missile | 185[42] | Mistral 3 + Safran Matis[10][43] | ||
Drones | ||||||
Skylark I | Israel | 9 | [44][45][46] | |||
Military engineering vehicles | ||||||
PTS | Soviet Union | Amphibious vehicle | PTS-2 | 50+ | Some in reserve. Very large tracked amphibious vehicle used for crossing water bodies and building bridges across rivers. | |
PMP | Soviet Union | Pontoon bridge | 3 | 3 active set. Each set consists of 32 river element, 4 bank element, 2 track element, 12 bridging boat and 38 KraZ-255. The maximal length of one set is 227 metres.[47] | ||
WISENT 2 | Germany | Armoured support vehicle | 0 | 5 on order.[48] | ||
Leguan | Germany | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | 0 | 3 on order. The new Leguans are going to replace the BLG-60M armoured bridgelayers which will be transferred to the 37th Engineer Regiment.[48] | ||
Germany | Armoured recovery vehicle | 0 | 9 vehicles were ordered in September 2020 as part of the establishment of the joint Lynx manufacturing plant in Hungary. Deliveries are scheduled for 2023. | |||
MT-55A | Czechoslovakia | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | 2 | [49] | ||
East Germany | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | |||||
TMM | Soviet Union | Vehicle-launched bridge | TMM-3 | 4 [50] | [51] | |
VT-55 | Soviet Union | Armoured recovery vehicle | VT-55 | 2 | ||
VT-72B | Czechoslovakia | Armoured recovery vehicle | 2 | [52] | ||
BAT-2 | Soviet Union | BAT-2 | 2 | [53] | ||
Germany | Remote-control Military robot | 3 | [54] | |||
USA | Remote-control Military robot | 3 | [55] | |||
Utility vehicles, trucks | ||||||
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Active number | Details |
Rába | Hungary | Truck | H14 H18 H25 |
Unknown Unknown Unknown |
The new H-14 series, can be armoured within 48 hours. The armour defends soldiers from bullets, splinters and IEDs.[56] Production of Rába H-14, H-18, and H-25 trucks commenced in 2004, these initially locally designed chassis fitted with MAN engines, associated components including cooling system and the MAN modular military cab. Current production is CKD using some locally sourced components such as axles. About 300 examples were built using components supplied between 2004-2006, with a further 150 assembled from CKD kits delivered from 2007. | |
RMMV HX range of tactical trucks | Germany | Truck | HX77 | 63 | Will also receive up to 150 RMMV HX77 8x8 trucks, with 63 delivered since 2007. | |
Unimog | Germany | Truck | 88 | |||
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | Germany | Van | Van Ambulance |
12 7[57] |
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class | Germany | Utility vehicle | G-270 G-280 |
223 |
Standard utility vehicle | |
Ikarus | Hungary | Bus | E95 Aries |
20 100[58] |
100 Currus-Volvo Aries delivered to replace Ikarus 250, 256, 280 | |
Suzuki Vitara | Hungary | Sport utility vehicle | 550[59] | Standard staff car | ||
Škoda Octavia | Czech Republic | Sedan | Unknown | Used by military police | ||
Toyota Hilux | Japan | Pickup | 90[60] | 16 used by military police,[61] and another 6 will be used by the military cartography teams.[62] | ||
Volkswagen Transporter | Germany | Van | T6 Van T6 Pickup truck |
80 10 |
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Volkswagen Crafter | Germany | Pickup truck | 70 |
River fleet[]
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Active number | Details |
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Neštin-class | Yugoslavia | Minesweeper | 3 | 6 minesweepers were received from Yugoslavia in 1981. As of 2020, 3 of them are in active service and the other 3 were sold.[63] | |
AN 2 | Hungary | Minesweeper | 5 | 40 minesweepers were built between 1953 and 1956. As of 2020, 5 of them are in active service, 1 in reserve and the rest were sold.[63][64][65][66] | |
United States | 2 | 2 8.50 meters center console boat with accommodation for 10 people were received under the Környezeti és Energiahatékonysági Operatív Program in 2020[67] | |||
SOC - R | United States | Special Operations Craft | 0 (3 on order) | Riverine craft perform short-range insertion and extraction of special operations forces in river and near-shore environments. United States provides 3 boats under the Excess Defense Articles program in 2021.[68] |
Future Purchases[]
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Active number | Details |
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Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
Mission Master | Germany Hungary |
Rheinmetall Mission Master XT | unknown | [69] In 2020 Hungary showed it's interest to develop and manufacture the tablet-controlled Mission Master XT from Rheinmetall. Each Mission Masters will be built in Kaposvár, Hungary. [70] | ||
Drones | ||||||
Hermes 900 | Israel | Unknown | In 2021 Hungary showed its interest to buy new drones from Israel. [71] | |||
Hungary | Light UAV | MP-Hungary Drone Series | Unknown | In 2014 Hungary started to develop its own light UAV for military purposes. The Hungarian-made drone has a good price-to-performance ratio for surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and the larger drone can carry a pair of air-to-ground missiles, with an armed version in the pipeline [72] | ||
Bayraktar TB2 | Turkey | combat drone | Unknown | In 2021 Hungary showed its interest to buy drones from Turkey. [73][74] | ||
Multi-purposal Satellite | Hungary | Communication/commercial satellite | CarpathiaSat | 0 | A Hungarian company named "CarpathiaSat Magyar Űrtávközlési Zrt." in association with Antenna Hungária Zrt. and 4iG started to develop its own multi-purposal (scientific, commercial, communication) satellite that will be launched to the space in 2024. It's a milestone for the Hungarian space industry.[75] | |
Anti-aircraft Gun systems | ||||||
Germany | Air-defense | Skyranger 35mm | 0 | Hungary is looking to buy Lynx-based systems equipped with 35 millimeter turrets. The package will also include searching and tracking radars.[76][77] All digital systems will be created in Hungary[78][79] |
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