24th Guards Gomelskaya order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Missile Division

24-я гвардейская ракетная Гомельская ордена Ленина, Краснознаменная орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия

Military Unit: 14237

Commanders:

• Major-General Aleksandr Fedorovich, 12.6.46 - 7.8.48
• Major-General Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Gumirov, 7.8.48 - 15.3.50
• Major-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Ivanov, 3.4.50 - 21.7.58
• Colonel Aleksandr Ivanovich Kholopov, 21.7.58 - 28.7.62
• Major-General Boris Antonovich Akimov, 28.7.62 - 16.7.71
• Major-General Viktor Mikhaylovich Egorov, 16.7.71 - 29.8.75
• Major-General Vladimir Viktorovich Subbotin, 1.9.75 - 19.12.80
• Major-General Gennadiy Mikhaylovich Polenkov, 20.12.80 - 15.12.86
• Major-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kopeykin, 15.12.86 - 12.90

Activated 6.46 in Bad Berka, East Germany, as the 22nd Brigade for Special Use RVGK, from the 92nd Guards Mortar Regiment - formation complete 8.46.

Organisation 1946:

• 1st Launch Battalion (Bad Berka, East Germany)
• 2nd Launch Battalion (Bad Berka, East Germany)
• 3rd Launch Battalion (Bad Berka, East Germany)

8.47 transferred to Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, to test various German V-2 missiles.

2.50 renamed 22nd Special Purpose Brigade RVGK.

10.52 transferred to Medved, Novgorod Oblast, and 3.53 renamed 72nd Engineer Brigade RVGK.

Organisation 1953:

• 635th independent Engineer Battalion RVGK (Medved, Novgorod Oblast)
• 638th independent Engineer Battalion RVGK (Medved, Novgorod Oblast)
• 650th independent Engineer Battalion RVGK (Medved, Novgorod Oblast)

12.58 transferred to Fürstenberg, East Germany.

8.59 transferred to Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast - and from 10.60 in Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast.

Organisation 1959:

• 97th Engineer Regiment RVGK (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 349th Mobile Technical-Repair Base (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 330th Engineer Regiment RVGK (Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 912th Mobile Technical-Repair Base (Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 323rd Engineer Regiment RVGK (Chernyshevskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 847th Mobile Technical-Repair Base (Chernyshevskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)

1.7.60 renamed 24th Guards Missile Division.

Initial organisation:

• 97th Missile Regiment (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-5M missiles
• 25th Missile Regiment (Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 323rd Missile Regiment (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 330th Missile Regiment (Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 308th Guards Missile Regiment (Neman, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles

7.60 to 12.61 the 324th Missile Regiment was attached to the division.

Organisation 1985:

• 25th Missile Regiment (Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 323rd Missile Regiment (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 330th Missile Regiment (Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles

The division was disbanded 12.90.

Subordination:

• RVGK, 6.46 - 7.60
• 50th Missile Army, 1.7.60 - 12.90

Support Units:

• 349th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 97th Missile Regiment)
• 432nd Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 25th Missile Regiment)
• 912th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 330th Missile Regiment)
• 847th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 323rd Missile Regiment)
• 1054th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 308th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 727th Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 1960 - 12.90

Divisional coordinates:

• Gvardeysk MRBM Division Command Post Bunker (54 39 22N, 21 03 55E)
• Gvardeysk MRBM Division Support Facility (54 39 16N, 21 03 56E)