NBC protection tasks of voluntary territorial defence reserve subunits

Abstract

The Hungarian Defence Forces have transformed the Volunteer Reserve System. New technical terms emerged like volunteer territorial reserve, volunteer operational reservist, or volunteer defence reservist. The volunteer territorial reserve companies are organised in the districts of the country and cover the entire territory of Hungary. Theoretically, their basic training is of the similar level therefore they may meet similar requirements. Because of the different geographical locations and the industrialisation of the districts, the subunits face different challenges that may justify the specialisation of such formations. The paper summarises the CBRN defence tasks of the subunits to be made for force protection, presents the training of volunteer territorial reservists, calls attention to differences in challenges, and analyses the possible necessity of special training with special regard to CBRN defence.