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):

• silo 13C: 50 56 14N, 65 49 23E
• silo 14C: 50 54 45N, 65 41 07E
• silo 15C: 50 54 28N, 65 33 00E
• silo 16C: 51 02 41N, 65 50 16E
• silo 17C: 51 01 59N, 65 41 07E - old control site (1967-1978)
• silo 18C: 51 00 34N, 65 31 25E
• Launch Control Facility CC (Type III): co-located with silo 17C (from 1978)