Hungarian People’s Army

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The Hungarian People’s Army was the armed forces of the socialist-era Hungarian state, serving as the military of the Hungarian People’s Republic during the Cold War.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
abbreviation MN ⓘ
alignedWith Eastern Bloc ⓘ
alliedWith Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
branch air defense forces ⓘ
air force ⓘ
land forces ⓘ
river forces ⓘ
commandLanguage Hungarian ⓘ
conscription yes ⓘ
cooperatedWith Soviet Army in 1956 intervention in Hungary ⓘ
country Hungarian People’s Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
engagedIn Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
established 1945 ⓘ
garrisonLocation Budapest ⓘ
hadMilitaryAcademy Kossuth Lajos Military Academy ⓘ
hadMilitaryOathTo Hungarian People’s Republic ⓘ
hadPoliticalDirectorate yes ⓘ
ideology socialism ⓘ
language Hungarian ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian language
nativeName Magyar Néphadsereg ⓘ
operatedIn Hungary ⓘ
partOf Warsaw Pact ⓘ
peakStrengthApprox 100000–150000 personnel ⓘ
politicalControlBy Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party ⓘ
primaryRole national defense ⓘ
support of Warsaw Pact operations ⓘ
reorganizedAs Hungarian People’s Army (post-1948 socialist force) ⓘ
replacedBy Hungarian Defence Forces ⓘ
serviceType conscription-based ⓘ
standardEquipmentFrom Soviet Union ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party leadership ⓘ
Ministry of Defence of the Hungarian People’s Republic ⓘ
successor Magyar Honvédség (Hungarian Defence Forces) ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
trainingInfluence Soviet military academies ⓘ
usedDoctrineOf Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
usedEquipmentType armored personnel carriers ⓘ
attack aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
usedSymbol red star ⓘ
socialist coat of arms of Hungary ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pál Maléter → militaryBranch → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
Hungarian Army units → successor → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
Operation Danube → groundComponent → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
Hungarian People’s Army → reorganizedAs → Hungarian People’s Army (post-1948 socialist force) ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Pál Maléter → memberOf → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Maléter
Warsaw Pact Joint Command → hasMember → Hungarian People's Army ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Royal Hungarian Army → followedBy → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
subject linked to: royal Hungarian army
T-44 medium tank → usedBy → Hungarian People's Army ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Magyar Néphadsereg → hasBranch → Hungarian People's Army Ground Forces ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Magyar Néphadsereg → hasBranch → Hungarian People's Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Magyar Néphadsereg → hasBranch → Hungarian People's Army Air Defense Forces ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Magyar Néphadsereg → hasBranch → Hungarian People's Army Border Guards ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
MN → fullNameInEnglish → Hungarian People’s Army ⓘ
Kossuth Lajos Military Academy → operatedBy → Hungarian People's Army ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army
Kossuth Lajos Military Academy → militaryBranch → Hungarian People's Army ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian People’s Army