43rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

43-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 01907

Activated 1967 in Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast.

Organisation 1988:

• 617th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (military unit: 04807)
• 618th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 619th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• Technical Battalion

The 611th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion was activated in 1990.

2009 renamed 1545th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, and transferred to the Air Defence Forces.

Headquarters:

• Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 1967 - today [54 36 10N, 21 13 21E]

Equipment:

• Krug (SA-4), 1967 - 1990
• Buk-M1 (SA-11), 1990 - today
• S-300V (SA-12), 2006 - today

Subordination:

• Baltic Military District, 1967 - 15.11.91
• Northwestern Group of Forces, 15.11.91 - 1.9.94
• 11th Guards Combined Arms Army, 1.9.94 - 1998
• Ground and Coastal Defence Forces of the Baltic Fleet, 1998 - 2011
• 3rd Air Defence Brigade (Baltic Fleet), 2011 - today