32nd Khersonskaya Red Banner Missile Division imeni Marshal of the Soviet Union D.F. Ustinov

32-я ракетная Херсонская Краснознаменная дивизия имени маршала Советского Союза Д.Ф. Устинова

Military Unit: 14153

Commanders:

• Major-General Vyacheslav Fedorovich Frontov, 9.59 - 5.8.70
• Major-General Vadim Serafimovich Nedelin, 5.8.70 - 31.10.73
• Major-General Anatoly Sergeevich Lapshin, 31.10.73 - 22.9.77
• Major-General Vladimir Alekseevich Mikhtyuk, 22.9.77 - 31.12.80
• Major-General Vladimir Yakovlevich Shavarin, 31.12.80 - 31.7.86
• Colonel Gennady Dimitrievich Zyakov, 31.7.86 - 20.10.89
• Colonel Valery Viktorovich Prozorov, 20.10.89 - 24.6.91
• Colonel Valery Stepanovich Rudenko, 24.6.91 - 23.6.92
• Major-General Valery Ivanovich Malafeev, 23.6.92 - 1.12.93

Activated 9.59 in Myshanka, Gomel Oblast, as the 12th Engineer Brigade RVGK, from the 154th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade. Formation completed 12.59.

Initial organisation:

• 369th Guards Engineer Regiment RVGK (Zhitkovichi, Gomel Oblast)
• 966th Mobile Repair Technical Base (Zhitkovichi, Gomel Oblast)
• 638th Engineer Regiment RVGK (Volkovysk, Grodnensk Oblast)
• 320th Mobile Repair Technical Base (Volkovysk, Grodnensk Oblast)
• 351st Engineer Regiment RVGK (Myshanka, Gomel Oblast)
• 944th Mobile Repair Technical Base (Myshanka, Gomel Oblast)

1.7.60 transferred to Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast, and renamed the 32nd Missile Division.

Organisation 1961:

• 376th Guards Missile Regiment (Gezgaly, Grodno Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 170th Missile Regiment (Minoity, Grodno Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 249th Missile Regiment (Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 346th Guards Missile Regiment (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 402nd Guards Missile Regiment (Vetrino, Vitebsk Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 428th Guards Missile Regiment (Smorgon, Grodno Oblast) with R-14 missiles

In 10.62 two regiments were transferred to the 49th Guards Missile Division (376th and 170th).

5.2.80 835th Missile Regiment was formed at Smorgon from the 2nd battalion of the 428th Guards Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1980:

• 249th Missile Regiment (Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles
• 346th Guards Missile Regiment (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles
• 402nd Guards Missile Regiment (Vetrino, Vitebsk Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles
• 428th Guards Missile Regiment (Smorgon, Grodno Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles
• 835th Missile Regiment (Smorgon, Grodno Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

Named "imeni Marshal of the Soviet Union D.F. Ustinov" in 1984.

In 1990 the 346th Guards Missile Regiment was transferred to the 49th Guards Missile Division.

The division was disbanded 1.12.93.

Subordination:

• RVGK, 9.59 - 7.60
• 50th Missile Army, 7.60 - 6.90
• 43rd Missile Army, 6.90 - 3.93
• 27th Guards Missile Army, 3.93 - 12.93

Support Units:

• 000 independent Helicopter Squadron
• 859th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 376th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 1055th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 170th Missile Regiment)
• 1056th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 249th Missile Regiment)
• 1505th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 346th Guards Missile Regiment; from 1977 under the 32nd Missile Division)
• 1512th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 402nd Guards Missile Regiment)
• 1516th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 428th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 000 Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Postavy IR/MRBM Division HQ Command Post & Radcom Receiver Bunker (55 07 08N, 26 52 48E)
• Postavy IR/MRBM Division HQ Radcom Transmitter Station (54 55 03N, 26 54 57E)
• Postavy IR/MRBM Division Support Facility (55 07 08N, 26 52 48E)
• Postavy IR/MRBM Division Technical Missile Base (55 09 29N, 26 54 27E)
• Postavy IR/MRBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (55 07 17N, 26 52 45E)
• Helicopter Base (55 08 44N, 26 49 53E)