72nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

72-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 61772

Activated 1960 in Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast, as the 366th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1962:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 47 15N, 43 09 53E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 34 43N, 43 08 09E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 38 03N, 43 39 16E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles

1.5.68 renamed 72nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, and took over the three S-75 battalions from the 356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment:

Organisation 1968:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 47 15N, 43 09 53E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 34 43N, 43 08 09E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 38 03N, 43 39 16E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 16 42N, 44 17 50E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 08 46N, 43 30 30E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 03 08N, 43 56 30E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles

During 1968 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with 2 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the brigade (US designation: SAM site C33-5):

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 41 48N, 43 29 26E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers - formation never completed - site abandoned
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 41 46N, 43 29 05E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 41 36N, 43 28 53E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
Technical Battalion (support area: 56 41 42N, 43 28 41E - guidance & tracking area: 56 41 20N, 43 29 29E)

An additional Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion were added in 1970/1971 for point-defence of Gorkiy and rear defence for the existing S-200 launch group (US designation: SAM site B18-5):

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 02 59N, 43 58 17E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Technical Battalion (support area: 56 03 04N, 43 58 06E - guidance & tracking area: 56 02 37N, 43 57 47E)

From 1986 the S-75 (SA-2) battalions were reduced to mobilization battalions, and began conversion to the S-300PT-1 (SA-10) missile:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 37 59N, 43 39 11E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 31 25N, 43 59 25E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 24 49N, 43 35 32E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 16 42N, 44 17 50E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 03 08N, 43 56 30E)

1994 renamed 563rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Disbanded 1998.

Headquarters:

Gorodets, Gorkiy Oblast, 1968 - 1998 [56 39 03N, 43 29 33E]

Subordinated: