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99 I Czechoslovakia's Ground Forces As of 27 September 99 I CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S GROUND FORCES AS OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1938 The standing army comprising four armies with seven army corps and seventeen infantry divisions provided the frames for the mobilized forces." Provincial (Land) Army command in Bohemia (Prague) formed First Army Provincial Army command in Moravia-Silesia (Brno) formed Second Army Provincial Army command in Slovakia (Bratislava) formed Third Army Provincial Army command in East Slovakia and Ruthenia (KoSice) formed Fourth Army Peace Forces in 1 938 Mobilized Forces I Corps (Prague) mobilized HP XI and Corps II Corps (Hradec Krilovd) mobilized HP XII and II Corps III Corps (Brno) mobilized HP XIV and III Corps IV Corps (Olomouc) mobilized HP XIII and IV Corps V Corps (Tren?n) mobilized V Corps and VIII Corps VI Corps (Banska Bystrica) mobilized HP XVI and VI Corps VIII Corps (Kosice) mobilized HP XV and VII Corps HP XI included HO 31, HO 32, SV 1, 1 st Division, and 1 st Reserve of Light Fortifications (ZLO-zaloha lehkého opevn6n;) HP XII included HO 33, HO 34, HO 35 HP XIII included HO 36, HO 37 HP XIV included HO 38, 6th Division and 33rd Regiment of the 1 Sth Di- vision . HP XV included HO 39, HO 40 HP XVI included HO 41, HO 42, and one division 1 sitDivision (Prague) mobilized lst Division and 18th Division 2nd Division (Plzeii) mobilized HO 32 and 2nd Division 3rd Division (Litom6iice) mobilized HO 33 and 3rd Division 4th Division (Hradec Krilov6) mobilized HO 34 and 4th Division 5th Division (tesk6 Bud?jovice) mobilized HO 31 and 5th Division... 6th Division (Brno) mobilized HO 38 and 6th Division 7th Division (Olomouc) mobilized Ii0 36 and 7th Division , 8th Division (Hranice) mobilized HO 37 and 8th Division a. The Czechoslovakinfantry division included three infantry regiments and some ar- tillery units. b. The tirst-line elite border troops constituted the core of the so-called "A" units composed of reliable and freshly trained Czech and Slovak soldicrs. IIP (hranicm pasmo- border zone) was an equivalent of a first-line army corps. HO (hranicni Oblast-bordcrdis- trict) was an equivalent of a first-line division assigned to defend the fortifications. The armed forces included eleven mounted ravalry regimentsand ten elite border reg- imcnts. 100 9th Division (Trnava) mobilized HO 39 and 9th Division 10th Division (Banska Bystrica) mobilized HO 40 and l9th Division 11th Division mobilized HO 41 and 11th Division 12th Division (U?horod) mobilized HO 42 and 12th Division 13th Division (Kolin) mobilized HO 35 and 13th Division 14th Division (Kromerí?) mobilized 14th Division and lOth Dim . sion. The 14th Division was motorized. 1 Sth Division (Tren?În) mobilized 15th Division and 20th Division 16th Division (Ru?omberok) mobilized 16th Division and 21 st Division 17th Division (Spigski Nova Ves) mobilized 17th Division and 23rd Division 1 st Rapid Division (Prague)c 2nd Rapid Division (Brno) 3rd Rapid Division (Bratislava) 4th Rapid Division (Pardubice) SV 1 (Rakovnik)d ' SV 2 (Jih1ava) 1 st ZLO (Reserve of Light Fortifications) c. A rapid division consisted of a mounted cavalry and a motorized brigade A motor- ized brigade comprised two to three motorized infantry battalions, one tank battalion, one cyclist battalion, and one motorized artillery group. A cavalry brigade numbcrrd two to three cavalry regiments and one artillery group. d. SV (skupinov6 velitelstvi-groupcommand) was a divisional unit. For cxample,SV 2 comprised the 3 1 setand 38th Infantry Regiments, the 3rd.Border Regiment, the lst Artillery Regiment (with two groups), and one group of the 102 Artillery Regiment111 / 102). .
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