228th Missile Regiment

228-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 97685

Activated 1966 in Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, under the 38th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 14.7.67 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-5.

The regiment stood down 1978 and converted to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 12.78.

Disbanded 1994.

US designation: 1967 - 1978 Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex - Launch Group C (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1978 - 1994 Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex - Launch Group C (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):