30th Guards Rizhskiy order of Kutuzov Missile Regiment

30-й гвардейский ракетный Рижский ордена Кутузова полк

Military Unit: 89502

Activated 1.9.61 at Aluksne, Latvia, under the 23rd Guards Missile Division, from the 157th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 1.1.62
• 2nd battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 1.12.62 (the first two R-12 pads) and 1.1.63 (the remaining two R-12 pads)
• 3rd battalion with 4 R-12U (SS-4) silos - alert duty from 15.2.63

From 1982 attached to the 40th Missile Division.

The 3rd battalion (four R-12 silos) stood down 16.1.84, followed by the eight R-12 pads in 1989. The regiment was disbanded shortly thereafter (1990).

US designation: Aluksne MRBM complex (Lejasciems, Ruski and Gulbene launch sites). Type II (pad) and IV (silo) sites.

Lejasciems launch site with 4 R-12 pads (57 20 56N, 26 44 47E):

Ruski launch site with 4 R-12 pads (57 25 05N, 26 49 36E):

Gulbene launch site with 4 R-12U silos (57 13 03N, 26 33 20E):

No drawing.

Two alternative fixed field sites for the pad launchers, were set up at Lejasciems (57 14 53N, 26 40 33E) and Gulbene (57 16 40N, 26 54 31E), but both had become inactive by 1967.

Aluksne in 1987: Lejasciems and Ruski launch sites.