5th Infantry Brigade "István Bocskai"

5th István Bocskai Infantry Brigade
5th István Bocskai Infantry Brigade
MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár
	Coat of Arms
Active	1 November 1951; 72 years ago; to present
Country	Hungary
Branch	Hungarian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanised infantry
Locations	Debrecen; Hódmezővásárhely
Commanders
Current; commander	Lieutenant Colonel Farkas Sándor

The 5th Infantry Brigade "István Bocskai" (Hungarian: MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár), is a brigade-sized formation of the Hungarian Defence Forces.

History[edit]

The predecessor to brigade was formed in 1951 in Mezőtúr.^[2] After several restructurings during which the brigade was rebuilt into a mechanized infantry brigade, it was relocated to Debrecen in 1990.

On September 29, 1990, the brigade adopted the name of István Bocskai. In 2004, the sub-units previously located in Nyíregyháza moved to Debrecen and Hajdúhadház. At the same time, two mixed light battalions belonging to the 62nd Miklós Bercsényi Mechanized Infantry Brigade (located in Hódmezővásárhely), were also restructured in the brigade.^[3]

The formation was again reorganized in 2007. On March 1, 2007, the Minister of Defense established the 5th István Bocskai Rifle Brigade of the Hungarian Defense Forces, which is the current name of the brigade. The same year, an independent reconnaissance battalion located in Eger, now known today as the 24th Gergely Bornemissza Reconnaissance Regiment, entered the Debrecen garrison as a subordinate reconnaissance battalion of the brigade, but later it was reformed as a separate regiment.^[3]

Structure[edit]

5th Infantry Brigade ^[3]
Combat units	Support units	Logistics units
3rd Infantry Battalion "Miklós Bercsényi", in Hódmezővásárhely 39th Infantry Battalion in Debrecen 62nd Infantry Battalion in Hódmezővásárhely	Command Company in Debrecen Signal Company in Debrecen Combat Engineer Company in Debrecen Operations Support Engineer Battalion in Debrecen	Logistics Battalion in Debrecen Medical center in Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely

Inventory[edit]

Infantry weapons ^[4]
- AK-63
- CZ Bren 2^[5]
- PKM
- SVD
- RPG-7
Vehicles ^[4]
- BTR-80 (both BTR-80 and BTR-80A variants)
- Other specialist vehicles such as logistics or signalling support vehicles

Reference section[edit]

^ "Nem ismeretlen Debrecen a Bocskai-dandár új parancsnokának" [LTC Farkas Sándor, Debrecen is not unknown to the new commander of the Bocskai Brigade] (in Hungarian).
^ "30 éve viseli Bocskai István nevét" [30 years with the István Bocskai name]. bocskaikonyvtar.hu (in Hungarian). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár" [MH 5. István Bocskai Rifle Brigade]. honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár - Történet" [History of the 5th Infantry Brigade]. bocskaidandar.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Lövészet az új fegyverekkel" [At the shooting range with the new weapons]. haborumuveszete.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[5th_inf_command-1] "Nem ismeretlen Debrecen a Bocskai-dandár új parancsnokának" [LTC Farkas Sándor, Debrecen is not unknown to the new commander of the Bocskai Brigade] (in Hungarian).

[5th_inf_mezotur-2] "30 éve viseli Bocskai István nevét" [30 years with the István Bocskai name]. bocskaikonyvtar.hu (in Hungarian). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[5th_inf_hun-3] "MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár" [MH 5. István Bocskai Rifle Brigade]. honvedelem.hu (in Hungarian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[5th_inf_inv-4] "MH 5. Bocskai István Lövészdandár - Történet" [History of the 5th Infantry Brigade]. bocskaidandar.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[5th_inf_bren2-5] "Lövészet az új fegyverekkel" [At the shooting range with the new weapons]. haborumuveszete.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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