Land Command (Hungary)

The HDF Land Command (Hungarian: MH Szárazföldi Parancsnokság) is the leading organization of the Hungarian Ground Forces, which operates under the direct command of the Army General Staff.

It plans and directs the refueling, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, maintenance and development of the Ground Forces, as well as the preparation, redeployment, deployment, national support and rotation of military organizations involved in peacekeeping operations.

Its original legal predecessor, Headquarters 5th Army, was established on 3 August 1961 in Budapest.

[1] It started operating under difficult conditions, only Second World War obsolete technical equipment was available and it was plagued by material shortages.

[3] In November 1966, the 3rd Mechanized Corps was established in the Dózsa György Barracks at Cegléd.