204th Guards Rechitsko-Brandenburgskaya Red
Banner orders of Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
204-я гвардейская зенитно-ракетная
Речицко-Бранденбургская Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада
Military Unit: 96423
Activated 1961 in Kerstovo, Leningrad Oblast, as the 196th Guards
Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, from the 144th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Brigade.
Initially with 4 S-75 (SA-2) battalions, followed by 2 S-125
(SA-3) battalions in 1961, and four more in 1967.
6.68 renamed 204th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.
Organisation 1960's (4 S-75 and 6 S-125 battalions):
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 22 52N,
28 59 29E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 32 30N,
28 46 50E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 25 56N, 28 08 48E) with
S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 24 41N,
27 35 58E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 29 07N, 28 49 23E) with
S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 46 33N,
28 06 32E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 26 30N,
27 13 23E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 26 02N,
27 08 06E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 22 28N, 27 03 44E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (00 00 00N, 00 00 00E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
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Technical Battalion (59 28 31N, 28 48 03E)
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Technical Battalion
During 1970/1971 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with
3 launch S-200V (SA-5) battalions were added to the brigade (first unit with the
S-200V missile):
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 31 51N,
28 30 24E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 31 43N,
28 30 08E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 31 32N,
28 30 10E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
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Technical Battalion (support area: 59 31
26N, 28 29 33E - guidance & tracking area: 59 31 32N, 28 31 01E)
One S-75 (SA-2) battalion was disbanded 1971.
1970's and 1980's with 3 S-200V (SA-5), 3 S-75 (SA-2) and 6
S-125 (SA-3) battalions.
Late 1980's re-equipped with the S-300PS missile:
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 29 07N, 28 49 23E)
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (59 25 56N, 28 08 48E)
1994 renamed 1491st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Disbanded 1998.
Headquarters:
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Kerstovo, Leningrad Oblast, 1963 - 1998 [59 28 31N, 28 48
03E]
Subordination: