531st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

531st Guards Nevelsko-Berlinskiy order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

531-й гвардейский зенитно-ракетный Невельско-Берлинский ордена Ленина Краснознамённый орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого полк

Military Unit: 40885

Activated 1960 in Sambor, Lvov Oblast, from the 161st Guards Heavy Tank Regiment (17th Heavy Tank Division).

Initially with 3 S-75 (SA-2) battalions.

Organisation:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 21 22N, 84 08 30E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 08 37N, 83 41 00E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles - disbanded 1992
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 21 10N, 83 25 41E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Technical Battalion

In 1971 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with 2 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the regiment:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 10 12N, 83 37 06E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 10 06N, 83 37 20E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Technical Battalion (support area: 53 10 18N, 83 37 30E - guidance & tracking area: 53 09 55N, 83 36 47E)

In 1980's with 3 S-75 and 2 S-200 battalions.

In 1992 converted to the S-300PM (SA-10) missile:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 21 22N, 84 08 30E) with S-300PM (SA-10) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 21 10N, 83 25 41E) with S-300PM (SA-10) missiles

5.98 transferred to Polyarnyy, Murmansk Oblast, and united with the 161st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

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