49th Guards orders of Bogdan Khmelnitski and Aleksandr Nevskiy Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

49-я гвардейская зенитно-ракетная орденов Богдана Хмельницкого и Александра Невского бригада

Military Unit: 53504; from 1993: 21555

Activated 1960 in Luga, Leningrad Oblast, as the 810th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, from the 221st Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

14.11.67 renamed 49th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

In 1970's and early 1980's battalions were stationed in Planken, Bernburg and Quarmbeck.

Organisation 1988:

• 658th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Planken)
• 667th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Bernburg)
• 673rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Neuruppin)
• 1309th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Quarmbeck) - activated 10.87
• Technical Battalion

Headquarters:

• Luga, Leningrad Oblast, 1960 - 2.69 (29.1.68 to 12.2.69 transferred to East Germany)
• Planken, East Germany, 12.2.69 - 2.94 [52 20 58N, 11 32 37E]
• Yelnya, Smolensk Oblast, 2.94 - 12.2012 [54 36 29N, 33 10 34E]
• Krasnyy Bor, Smolensk Oblast, 12.2012 - today

Equipment:

• S-75 (SA-2), 1960 - 1967
• Krug (SA-4), 1967 - 1987 (Krug-M2 from 7.79)
• Buk (SA-11), 10.87 - today (converted 1.8.87 to 15.10.87 in Emba)

Subordination:

• Leningrad Military District, 1960 - 2.69
• 3rd Combined Arms Army, 2.69 - 1994
• Moscow Military District, 1994 - today