183rd Missile Regiment

183-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 14420

Activated 9.7.60 at Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast, under the 7th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 7th Guards Missile Division.

1963 with 2 battalions at two sites:

• 1st Battalion - BSP-4 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 5.64 (estimate)
• 2nd Battalion - BSP-42 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 2.64 (estimate)

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained 183rd Missile Regiment, now with 2 R-16 pads (site BSP-4)
• 2nd Battalion became 272nd Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads (site BSP-42)

In 1969 the BSP-42 and BSP-51 sites were transferred to the 183rd Missile Regiment, now with:

• site BSP-4: 2 R-16 pads
• site BSP-42: 2 R-16 pads
• site BSP-51: 2 R-16 pads

The R-16 sites were deactivated 5.10.76, and the regiment was disbanded 17.2.77.

US designation 1964-1969: Yedrovo ICBM complex (Launch site C, later launch site 5). Type IID pads.

Yedrovo Launch Site 5 (BSP-4) (57 48 54N, 33 07 48E):