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This list does not contain all of the aircrafts used by the Hungarian army during ww2.

 

Weiss Manfréd WM-21 Sólyom(falcon) light bomber and reconnaissance biplane

The Weiss WM-21 Sólyom ("Falcon") was a 1930s light bomber and reconnaissance biplane developed by the Manfred Weiss company from the earlier WM-16 which was based on the Fokker C.V-D. The WM-21 was designed by Hungarian engineers Andor Halász, Miklós Hoff and Béla Samu to replace the WM-16, which was considered unsuitable for operational service as a reconnaissance aircraft.

The WM-21's structure was strengthened, and the aircraft received a new, more efficient wing set. A tailskid was fitted to allow for shorter landing runs on grass airfields. A conventional biplane, the Sólyom was powered by a 870hp WM K-14A radial engine which was a strong and reliable engine. A total of 128 aircraft were built by three different factories, Manfred Weiss built 25, 43 by MAVAG and 60 by MWG.

The first aircraft entered service in 1939 with short-range reconnaissance units, although active during the 1940 dispute with Romania their first active operational use was during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. From June 1941 they were used to support Hungarian Army units in Ukraine and then against Soviet partisans.

Around 80 aircraft were also transferred to duties as trainers, as they were removed from operational use, until 1945.

The armament of the WM-21 was 2x8mm 26/31.M Gebauer synchronized fixed machine guns and one 8mm 34.M Gebauer Observer Motor-Machine Gun on flexible mount in the rear. It could carry a maximum of 120kg bombs (1kg incendiary or 10kg anti-personnel bombs were used).

Wingspan: 9.40 m (lower wing) 12.90 m (upper wing) Length: 9.64 m Height: 3.5 m

Wing area: 32.2 m2

Weight: 2300 kg (empty) 3500 kg (take off) Engine Type: 1 x WM-K-14 Power: 1 x 1040 hp Maximum speed: 340 km/h

Range: 750 km

Service ceiling: 8100 m

Crew: 2

Armament:

  • Dual barreled 7.92 26/31. M Gebauer machine gun in the fuselage nose,behind the engine ,fed by 500-round belts and were chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.

  • 1 x 8mm Gebauer machine gun for the rear gunner

  • 120kg of bombs (1kg and 10kg variants,/ 120x1kg incindiary bomb)in the open bombing bay under the plane

Gebauer Machine Gun 26/31.M:

After the end of WW1, and the separation of Austria and Hungary, Gebauer lived in Budapest, Hungary. In 1920 he unofficially worked for the Institute of Military Technology. He received funding from the military to continue improving his motor driven machine gun design in secret from the Allied inspectors. In 1922 a final prototype was created and designated 22.M GMP (Gebauer Motor Puska). From 1924 Gebauer started to work together with Danuvia which cooperation lasted for the next 20 years. Danuvia took over funding and marketing. Gebauer continued working at a secret (from the inspectors) residential location. In 1926 Gebauer's latest improved model was finally approved by the Hungarian Armed Forces. Manufacturing started and between 1926-34 243 guns were delivered to the secret Hungarian Air Force. The Air Force machine guns were designated as "26/31.M GKM" (Gebauer Kényszermeghajtású Motorgéppuska = Gebauer Positive-Driven Motor-Machine Gun, ). These were fixed barrel dual guns. The pilot aimed with the airplane. The GKM was driven from the engine's crankshaft. The GKM automatically removed the misfiring cartridges, and loaded the next. In case of a jam the drive had an automatic safety disengage feature which let the jammed rifle stop without forcing any damage, while keeping its twin gun in operation. The guns were fed by 500-round metal ammunition belts, and had a fire rate of 1100-1200 round/min.

These were chambered for the 8x57 mm Mauser round-nosed ball cartridge, designated as 8 mm 30.M cartridges in the Hungarian Armed Forces. The GKM was used on the following type airplanes until 1942: Fiat CR.32 fighter, Heinkel He 46, WM-16 Budapest, WM-21 Sólyom recon.

Hungarian Gebauer Reconnaisance Machine Gun 1934.M

This aircooled weapon was designed to be used on reconnaisance and bomber airplanes. It was ahead of its time and the competitors. The weapon was designated as 34.M Gebauer Megfigyelő Motorgéppuska ("34.M Gebauer Observer Motor-Machine Gun") The gun was fed from a 100-round "Horváth" drum which had twice the capacity of the weapons of similar enemy planes. It was chambered for the the 8x57 mm Mauser round-nosed ball ammunition, designated as 8 mm 30.M cartridges in the Hungarian Armed Forces. This gun was in service from 1934-42 in the Hungarian Air Force. Operation and maintenance was much simpler than the Schwarzlose machine guns. Featured a fixed barrel, a gas operated system, shells ejected on the left side. The weapon was used on the following type airplanes until 1942: Heinkel He 46, Heinkel He 70K, WM-16 Budapest, WM-21 Sólyom recon, Caproni Ca.101, Caproni Ca.310, and the majority of Junkers Ju 86 bombers.

 

Hungarian MÁVAG Héja I fighter

(Research done by Hebime. War Thunder community helper, and Historian)

In December 1939, Hungary bought 70 Caproni-Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I all metal, low-wing, monoplane with a Curtiss-Wright-style retractable undercarriage from Italy.

Despite the fact that these aircrafts were bought in 1939 their first operational use was during Operation Barbarossa in July, 1941. They were used throughout the war.

Main armament:

  • 2x12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns in the nose

Differences between the Italian Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I and the Hungarian MÁVAG Héja I: (quoting Hebime)

The majority of people out there thinks that aside from the engine these two planes were exactly the same and the Hungarian fighter should not be treated as a different aircraft. I spent a lot of time searching through archives and documents to collect the differences between the two. Note that I'm talking about the 70 Falco Is which were sent to Hungary and not about the Re.2000s in general. Here's the list:

  1. A known fact is that the engine was changed from a Piaggio P.XI RC 40 14-cylinder twi-row air-cooled radial engine to a Weiss Manfréd WM K-14375 (also known as WM-14A) 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston engine.

  2. Another known fact is that due to the engine change the fuselage of the Héja I had to be lenghtened with 400 mm (some sources mention 350 mm) to regain the center of gravity - the Hungarian engine was lighter than the Italian one.

  3. It is also known that the Italian Piaggion–D'Ascanio P.1001 propellers were changed to Hamilton Standard.

  4. According to Hungarian documents the Re.2000 Falco I had a throttle which had to be pulled. When modified to Héja I, the throttle was also changed to "push" direction.

  5. The Hungarian Héja I had a radio on board while the Italian Falco I didn't.

  6. A maintainance door was made on the right side of the Hungarian fighter's fuselage (seen in the picture). The Italian plane didn't have that.

  7. In 1941 an additional 100-liter self-sealing fuel tank was istalled into the fuselage of the Héja I.

  8. Also in 1941 an 8 mm thick, 149 kg armour plate for the pilot seat and a frontal armor - weighted 2 kg - was istalled. Because of the armour plates the Héja I's center of gravity changed and was placed 3.5 cm closer to the tail, thus the fighter became tail heavy and because of that it tended to enter into a right direction tailspin in tight turns.

Differences between the Hungarian MÁVAG Héja I and MÁVAG Héja II :

Since I did my previous post where I compared the Italian Re.2000 and the Hungarian MÁVAG Héja I (https://live.warthunder.com/post/778161/en/) I thought that it would be proper to continue it with the differences between the Héja I and Héja II.

  1. It's known that the Weiss Manfréd WM K-14375 (also known as WM-14A) engine of the Héja I was changed to a Weiss Manfréd WM K-14376 (also known as WM-14B)

  2. The 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns of the Héja I were changed to 12.7 mm Gebauer motor-driven machine guns with a rate of 1000 rounds per minute. Ammunition was a 300 round drum cartridge, under the hood.

  3. The Héja II had 22 fuel tanks - Hungarian development - in the central part of the wing, each with a capacity of 20 to 25 liters since the Italian glued fuel tanks of the Héja I had a large percentage of leaks.

  4. The rear cabin windows of the Héja II were covered by sheet metal.

  5. Since the Héja II's fuselage was developed and manufactured after the experiences with the Héja I the new fighter overcame its predecessor's weakness. The Héja II still had frontal armour and armored pilot seat but its center of gravity was balanced therefore it didn't tend to enter into a tailspin during tight turns.

 

Hungarian MÁVAG Héja II (Hawk) fighter

In 1940 Hungary acquired the licence-production rights for the Caproni-Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I. The mass-produced version was designated as MÁVAG Héja II ("Goshawk II") and 203 were produced between 1940 and 1942. The production continued; 98 were completed in 1943 and 72 in 1944 although the variant was regarded as no longer suitable for combat against the latest Soviet fighters.

The Héja II was equipped with 12.7mm 40.M Gebauer motor-driven machine guns, the engine was a 1030hp WM K-14 radial engine. The operational use of the aircraft started in 1942, the last sortie for the Héja II occurred on April 2, 1944.

Crew: 1

Length: 8.39 m

Wingspan: 11.00 m

Wing area: 20.4 m2

Height: 3.10 m

Empty weight: 2070 kg

Loaded weight: 2520 kg

Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône (Manfred-Weiss) 14kfs Mistral-Major, 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston engine, 1030 hp

Propellers: Hamilton Standard three-bladed, constant-speed propeller

Maximum speed: 535 km/h at 4,200 m (332 mph at 13,780 feet)

Cruise speed: 478 km/h (258 knots, 297 mph)

Max diving speed: 600km/h

Range: 900 km

Service ceiling: 8138 m

Armament:

  • Dual barreled 12.7mm Gebauer GKM 1940.M motor-driven machine gun in the fuselage nose

Gebauer Machine Gun 40.M:

This weapon is the same as the 1926/31.M, except it was chambering the 12.7x81 mmSR Italian Fiat-Safat ammunition, designated as 12.7 mm 40.M cartridges in the Hungarian Armed Forces.

The gun was adapted in 1940.

It was used on the Fiat CR.42, Reggiane Re.2000 (Héja I) fighters, which were supplied to Hungary by Italy in 1941-42, and the licence manufactured MÁVAG Héja II, and the prototype WM-23 "Ezüst Nyíl" Hungarian fighters.

Italy purchased the license to manufacture Gebauer Machine Guns in 1943 for the payment of two Italian fighter planes. It is unknown if the Italians ever manufactured any Gebauers.

A single 40 M. Gebauer GMK weighed 20 kg, its muzzle velocity was

800 m/s, and had 1500 round/min rate of fire on max throttle.

MÁVAG Héja II Dive bomber variant

In 1943 Hungary made two dive bomber variants of the MÁVAG Héja II fighter, serial number V.560 and V.670.

These dive bomber variants had an electric dive brake on their wings and two German ETC 50 bomb racks (some Hungarian sources mention 2-2 German MWN bomb racks but I could not find info on such bomb rack) between the dive brakes and the wheels, they could also carry 4 Italian Spezzoniera Automatica Nardi bomb-bays.

All in all a Héja II dive bomber could carry 88x2kg and 4x50kg bombs.

The aircrafts had a 600 km/h diving speed and had a range of 700 km.

The two dive bombers were given to the Royal Hungarian Air Force but we don't really know if they were ever used in combat. They were destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944.

A third dive bomber was also made, serial number V.660 although it was only just an experimental variant. This aircraft was equipped with two ETC 250 bomb racks instead, thus it could carry 88x2kg and 2x250 kg bombs. It's not known if this aircraft was given to the Air Force or was ever used in combat.

Crew: 1

Length: 8.39 m

Wingspan: 11.00 m

Wing area: 20.4 m2

Height: 3.20 m

Empty weight: 2100 kg

Loaded weight: 2900 kg

Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône (Manfred-Weiss) 14kfs Mistral-Major, 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston engine, 1030 hp

Propellers: Hamilton Standard three-bladed, constant-speed propeller

Maximum speed: 480 km/h

Dive speed: 600 km/h

Range: 700 km

Service ceiling: 9000 m

Armament:

  • 2 x 12.7mm Gebauer GKM Machine Gun 1940.M, chambering .50cal (12.7mm) Italian Fiat-Safat ammunition,300 round per mg(600rounds)

Serial number V.560 and V.670.

  • 2xGerman ETC 50 bomb racks 4x50kg

  • 4x Italian Spezzoniera Automatica Nardi bomb-bays 88x2kg

Serial number V.660

  • 2x ETC 250 bomb racks 2x250 kg

  • 4x Italian Spezzoniera Automatica Nardi bomb-bays 88x2kg

Hungarian MÁVAG Héja fighter-bombers

It's a less known fact that both the Héja I and Héja II fighters of Hungary were capable to carry bombs.

In 1941, during Operation Barbarossa an experimental Hungarian fighter squadron of 7 Héja I fighters were sent to support the Hungarian units, out of them 2 (V.453 and V.460) were equipped with bombing equipments and were designated as Héja B (bomber). In 1942-43 the Hungarian 2nd Army's fighter squadron also had a fighter-bomber flight of 4 Héja I fighters (V.415, V.426, V.440 and V.430 or V.470).

Later when Hungary started to manufacture the Héja II the bombing equipment was a standard set of the fighter aircrafts but never used them.

The bombing equipment of the Héja fighters was the Italian Spezzoniera Automatica Nardi bomb-bay.

Each bomb-bay could carry 22 bombs, the bombs were either the 2 kg 33.M "O" or the 2 kg 33.M "M" bombs.

Each Héja could carry 4 bomb-bays which means a fighter could carry 88 bombs of the aforementioned types.

The bomb-bays were carried under the wings, between the wheels - this can be seen on all of the Héja Is in the pictures.

The Hungarian Héja fighter-bombers were quite successfuls against manpower, artillery, trucks and aircrafts on land.

During the explosion of a 2 kg bomb around 250 fragments are formed, most of them weights more than 1 gramme and 50 out of them weights more than 5 gramme.

This means that a Héja with 88 bombs could bomb an area of 100x100 meter with 20-22.000 fragments.

 

Hungarian Weiss WM-16 Budapest light bomber

The WM-16 Budapest was a light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Manfred Weiss. It was constructed in the 1920s, using the licence built Dutch Fokker C.V-D as a base.

The wing's covers were replaced with fibreboards, the landing gear was strenghtened and the original engine was changed to a 550hp K-9 radial engine. The fuselage had welded steel tube trusses covered in canvas.

The armament was 2x8mm 26/31.M Gebauer synchronized fixed machine guns and one 8mm 34.M Gebauer Observer Motor-Machine Gun on flexible mount in the rear.

The aircraft was accepted by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence in 1933 a was put in service in the same year. However the reconnaissance version of the WM-16 was replaced with the WM-21 Sólyom in 1939 and was forced back to a trainer role.

The light bomber version of the aircraft was equipped with a 880hp WM K-14 radial engine and could carry 300kg bombs, the armament was the same as the reconnaissance versions. It was used until 1942 by the combat units.

Engine: 880hp WM K-14 radial engine

Armament:

  • Dual barreled 8mm 26/31.M Gebauer synchronized fixed machine gun

  • 1x 8mm 34.M Gebauer Observer Motor-Machine Gun

  • 300kg bombs

 

He-112 B-1/U2

  • 2x 7.92 mm Mg17 machine guns in the engine cowling, 500rpg = 1000 rounds total

  • 2x 20 mm MgFF cannons in the wing, 60rpg = 120 rounds total

 

FW 190 F-8

Armament:

  • Above engine: 2 x 13mm MG131 (930 rpm; velocity 2,461 ft/sec)

  • In wing roots: 2 x 20mm MG151/20 (720 rpm; velocity 1,920 ft/sec)

  • One 3,968 lb bomb on centreline or one 551 lb bomb

In outer wings

  • gun pods :2 x20mm MG151/20 or 2 x 30mm MK108 (650 rpm; velocity 1,705 ft/sec)

Or

  • 4 xR4M rockets against tanks

Or

  • four 110 lb bombs (up to 2,208 lb)

 

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4

  • 2x 7.92mm MG17 machine gun on the nose, 500rpg = 1000total

  • 1x 20mm Mg151/20 cannon in the nose, 200rounds total

  • 4x 50kg Bombs under the fuselage

  • 1x 250kg Bomb under the fuselage

 

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6

  • 1 x 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon as centerline Motorkanone with 65 rpg (G-6/U4 variant)

  • 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing cannon pods with 135 rpg (optional kit—Rüstsatz VI)

  • Rockets: 2 × 21 cm (8 in) Wfr. Gr. 21 rockets (G-6 with BR21)

  • Bombs: 1 × 250 kg (551 lb) bomb or 4 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs

 

The Hungarian Messerschmitt Me 210 Ca-1

The failed Me 210 plans were licensed/bought from Germany.

The Hungarian engeneers redesigned the original plans/blueprints and thus the ME210 Ca-1 came to life.

The Hungarian Me 210 Ca-1 was retrofit with new wings and controlls, so it was much much better then the original german one (or in other words another Me 410 with some difference and other name). Thats why it was successfully used by the hungarian airforce.

The hungarian produced Me-210 variants were powered by the stronger DB605B engines instead of the original DB601F engines, which gave 80 more HP per engine, and the hungarian Me-210s got the 3 feather VDM propeller unit of the Bf-109 Gs, which were also produced in Hungary. The WM DB605 engine at 2300 RPM provided 1075 HP, at 2800 RPM provided 1475 HP, with MW50 methanol-water injection, it could provide 1650 HP for a short amount of time. ATA was 1,42 athmosphere at take off and emergency power.

The original Me-210 blueprints were altered to solve the tail resonance problem, a longer tail section was equipped, and to match the change of the centre of mass, the wings were swept back by 4°.

The type had a complex armor layout with 27 separate armor plates, most of them 5mm thick."Protecting the sides of the engine's,the Oil coolers, pipes and protecting the front of the nose and the cockpit..

But all armor was removed from the bottom of the plane,resulting major weight loss and in better flight parameters.

Armored glass was placed in front of the pilot

Specs.:

Maximum speed on height: 560km/h on 5000 metres

wingspan: 16,4 metres

height: 3,4 metres

length 12,96 metres

structural weight: 5400-6400 kgs

maximum take-off weight 8200-9400 kgs

maximum useful loadability 1600 kgs

maximum bombload 1000 kgs ( with maximum fuel load )

wing area 36,2 m2

sevice cieling 10500 m

range 1600-2000 m

The Me 210 Ca-1 had 2 configurations:

Config 1

  • 2x20mm cannon

  • 2x7,92mm mg

  • 2x13mm defensive mg

Bombs

  • 1x1000kg

  • 1x500kg+4x125kg

  • 4x250kg

In theory, it could carry the german produced HE (SC 1000), HE-frag (PC 1000) or multiple-charge (SB 1000) bomb variants. These 1t bombs were available in the Royal Hungarian Army's depots. The most commonly used bomb was however the 250 kg HE-frag bomb, but sometimes they used 500kg cluster bombs too.

Config 2: The 40mm cannon armed Me-210 Ca-1

  • 40mm Bofors 39M cannon in the nose,housed in the bomb bay

  • 2x20mm motor cannone in the nose

  • 2x7.92mg in the nose between the cannons,above the 40mm

  • 6 x 15cm Raketenwefers WGR 15 (unguided rockets under wings - 3-3 under each wing)

  • 2x13mm defensive mg

The actual development started in 3 ways: in short term, they wanted to develop a heavy fighter, a photo-reconnaissance and a night fighter variant. The most advance of these was reached with the heavy fighter variant.

In this case, the pressure on the developers was high, because the allied air superiority started to be threatening, and there was a burning need for a fighter that can deal with bombers. The original theory was that the fighter needs to be able to engage the bombers outside of their gunners' effective range. To achieve that, the advanced hungarian variant of the Me-210 was armed with unguided rockets. These blocks were modified from the 15cm Nebelwerfer 6-rocket blocks (used by the Royal Hungarian Army as well), to have 3 rockets per block, one block per wing. However, these rocket blocks caused high drag, so in this case, they needed to be jettisonable in case of an aerial fight. This modification was finished in March 1944.

To further increase the firepower, with the help of the engineers of the Military Technology Institute, a 40mm autocannon was built in to the bomb chamber. The weapon was attached to the attachment points in the bomb chamber, the loading was the duty of the radio operator (gunner).

To lead off the recoil, the cannon's second attachment point was on the main frame beam. According to calculations, the cannon was able to open fire at 1000-1200m range., and a few direct hits should destroy a 4-engine bomber.

The 40mm variant of the plane was ready in 1944 June, shooting range tests were done by August. However, because the factory moved out from the country, mass profuction was never started.

The 40mm cannon armed Me-210 was handed over to the RHAF (Royal Hungarian Air Force) in 1944. October 5th.

 

Hungarian RMI-1 X/H heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft prototype

Designed by Hungarian engineer László Varga who worked at the Repülő Műszaki Intézet ("Aviation Technical Institute" or RMI). Works started in 1940, originally designed with the Jedrassik CS-1 turboprop, it was the world's first aircraft which was designed with a turboprop. However in 1942 the turboprop project was halted and stopped in 1943 due to other urgent wartime works. Because of this the RMI-1 project was halted for a short time then the engineers modified the plans for the DB-605 engine which was already manufactured due to a German-Hungarian contract. Because the new engines were heavier than the turboprop 30kg extra weight needed to be installed to the tail.

The project moved on slowly because Hungary started to manufacture the Messerschmitt Me 210 Ca-1 and the Hungarian government prefered the German aircraft because the RMI-1 was still a prototype project. However even with the DB-605 engines the RMI-1 had better specifications than the Me 210. This and the fact that the Me 210 was not that good of an aircraft gave a push to the RMI-1 project. The prototype aircraft was fully finished in 1943, rolling tests were held in autumn.

However during the rolling tests the landing gear of the RMI-1 damaged - a spring stucked - and repairs were needed. The damages were still being repaired in 1944 when the aircraft was destroyed in an American air raid in summer.

The armament of the RMI-1 X/H

  • 4x20mm cannons in the wing roots(2-2),

  • 1x8mm rear machine gun(like in the case of the Ju 87)

  • 2x13mm rear machine guns in remotely operated turrets.( positioned just as on the ME210Ca1)

  • The plane had a crew of 3 men, one pilot, one gunner and one bombardier. The RMI-1 could carry a total of 300kg bombs in the internal bomb-bay located under the pilot.

*both rear mg armament was operated by the same gunner

Specifications of the RMI-1 X/H with DB-605 engine:

  • Wingspan: 14 m

  • Length: 10,4 m

  • Height: 3,9 m

  • Structural weight: 3834 kg

  • Take-off weight: 5500 kg

  • Max. speed: 550 km/h

  • Range: 3000 km

  • Flight altitude: 10000 m

  • Engine: 2 x Cs-1 turboprop (1000 LE), later 2 x DB-605 (1450 LE)

while the ME210Ca-1 is capable of carrying a bigger bomb load and goes 14km/h faster,the RMI was capable of reaching higher altitudes,had a stronger main armament than the 20mm Me210Ca-1,and since it was smaller and lighter it had better turning speed.

Jedrassik CS-1 turboprop

The Jendrassik Cs-1 was the world's first working turboprop engine. It was designed by Hungarian engineer György Jendrassik in 1937. The project was masked as a boat engine to keep it a secret from the Germans. Following the running of an experimental gas turbine engine of 100hp output, in 1937 György Jendrassik began work on a turboprop engine, which would be produced and tested in the Ganz works in Budapest.

Of axial-flow design with 15-stage compressor and 10-stage turbine, it incorporated many modern features. These included a rigid compressor-turbine rotor assembly carried on front and rear bearings. There was a single annular combustion chamber, of reverse-flow configuration to shorten the engine, air cooling of the turbine discs and turbine blades with extended roots to reduce heat transfer to the disc. The annular air intake surrounded a reduction gear for propeller drive takeoff, and the exhaust duct was also annular.

The predicted output was 1000hp at 13.500 rpm but that needed to be lowered to 1600 rpm for the propellers. During the tests the engine had 305hp axis performance at 7% efficiency in December, 1942.

 

Junkers Ju 86 K-2

 

Other aircrafts used by Hungary in WW2:

  • Italian Fiat Cr.32 (armament was changed to Hungarian 8mm 26/31.M Gebauer motor-driven machine guns)

  • Italian Fiat Cr.32bis (around 38 Cr.32bis close-support fighters were used from 1939, armament was changed to Hungarian 8mm 26/31.M and 12.7mm 40.M Gebauer motor-driven machine guns)

  • Italian Fiat Cr.42 (armement was changed to Hungarian 12.7mm 40.M Gebauer motor-driven machine guns)

  • German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8

  • German Heinkel He 112 B-1/U2 (machine guns were changed to Hungarian 8mm 39.M wing machine guns)

  • German Messerschmitt Bf 109 (D-1, E-3, F-4, G-2, G-4, G-6, G-10, G-14) (D-1 and E-3 series were used as fighter trainers, G-6 fighters were built in Hungary by a German-Hungarian contract)

  • German ME 110 G-4

  • German Ju-87 Stuka A-2,B-2, D-3

  • Italian Fiat Br.20 "Cicogna" (out of service in 1939)

  • Italian Caproni Ca.101/3m (out of service in 1940)

  • Italian Caproni Ca.135

  • Italian Caproni Ca.310 "Libeccio" (out of service in 1940)

  • German Heinkel He 111 H-6

  • Heinkel He-70K (He-170) hungarian version with WM-14 engine. 18 of it served as a short distance reconnassance aircraft

  • German Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu

  • German Junkers Ju 86 (K-2, Ga-1)

  • German Junkers Ju-87 (A-2, B-2, D-3, D-5) (fuselage and engine was built in Hungary by a German-Hungarian contract)

  • German Junkers Ju 88 (A-4, A-14, C-6)

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