The 2nd Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the

Royal Hungarian Army The Royal Hungarian Army (, ) was the name given to the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary in the period from 1922 to 1945. Its name was inherited from the Royal Hungarian Honvéd which went under the same Hu ...

that participated in the

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during

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Organization

Structure of the brigade: * Headquarters - under Brigadier General Antal Vattay * 4th Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion * 1st Cavalry Regiment * 2nd Cavalry Regiment * 15th Bicycle Battalion * 16th Bicycle Battalion * 4th Motorized Artillery Battalion * 4th Horse Artillery Battalion * 2nd Cavalry Artillery Battalion * 2nd Cavalry Anti-Aircraft Battery * 2nd Cavalry Engineer Company * 2nd Cavalry Bridging Engineer Company * 2nd Cavalry Signal Company * 2nd Cavalry Traffic Control Signal Company * 2nd Cavalry Brigade Service Regiment

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* Military units and formations of Hungary in World War II {{Hungary-mil-unit-stub