163rd Missile Regiment

163-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 32156

Activated 15.5.53 in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, as the 2nd Launch Battalion of the 80th Engineer Brigade RVGK.

10.53 transferred to Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast.

4.59 renamed 163rd Engineer Regiment RVGK, attached to the 80th Engineer Brigade RVGK.

From 5.60 attached to the 80th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 50th Missile Division.

1.7.61 renamed 163rd Missile Regiment.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 20.10.60
• 2nd battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 20.10.60
• 3rd battalion with 4 R-12U (SS-4) silos - alert duty from 1964

The three battalions stood down in 1984.

The regiment went on alert duty 30.4.85 with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K (15P645K) (SS-20) missiles.

The regiment stood down in 1989, and was disbanded 1.90.

US designation 1960-1984: Belokorovichi MRBM complex (Olevsk 1 & 2, and Rudnya Zlotinskaya launch sites). Type I (pad) and IV (silo) sites.

Olevsk launch site 1 with 4 R-12 pads (51 08 43N, 27 59 44E):

Olevsk launch site 2 with 4 R-12 pads (51 10 38N, 28 03 29E):

Rudnya Zlotinskaya launch site with 4 R-12U silos (51 03 41N, 28 07 17E):

One alternative fixed field site for the pad launchers, were set up at Rudnya Zlotinskaya (51 08 30N, 27 59 45E), but appeared to be inactive by 1967.

Belokorovichi Mobile IRBM Base 1 (1985-1990 RSD-10 missiles) (51 10 38N, 28 03 29E):