146th Guards Missile Regiment

146-й гвардейский ракетный полк

Military Unit: 93404

Activated 31.3.64 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, from the 34th independent Missile Battalion, under the 42nd Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-23 with 2 R-16 (SS-7) pads - alert duty from 2.10.62.

The regiment stood down in 1975 (BSP-23 site to 804th Missile Regiment), and was disbanded (1975).

US designation 1964-1975: Verkhnyaya Salda ICBM Complex (Launch Site E, later Launch Site 5). Type IIB pads.

Verkhnyaya Salda Launch Site 5 (BSP-23) (58 13 42N, 60 55 06E):