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After the communist takeover in Hungary in 1948, its army name was altered from Hungarian Defence Forces to Hungarian People‘s Army in 1951 operating approx. 150 T-34-85s , 68 IS-2s , 50 SU-100s, a couple SU-76s SPGs before putting those to use during the Hungarian 1956 revolution, in which many army members sided with the rebels resulting in a purge in the Hungarian army after its suppression by Soviet forces.
From 1949 to 1956 a roundel marking was applied on the turret sides of the tanks. It also briefly served as the Hungarian Airforce roundel from 1949-1951.
https://index.hu/belfold/2017/07/12/lazar_janos_is_kiszedetne_a_tiszabol_a_szovjet_pancelost/
column of IS-2 during parade
https://napitortenelmiforras.blog.hu/2016/08/17/pancelosok_a_forradalomban_iii
https://nepszava.hu/3213416_charles-gati-deak-istvan-es-az-1956-os-magyar-forradalom
disabled T-34-85 during the Hungarian uprising
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbathy/8464159296
