37th Guards Sevastopolskaya orders of Lenin and Kutuzov Missile Division

37-я гвардейская ракетная Севастопольская орденов Ленина и Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 43195

Commanders:

• Major-General Valentin Illarionovich Fadeev, 30.9.59 - 14.9.65
• Major-General Konstantin Mikhailovich Vorobev, 14.9.65 - 25.7.70
• Major-General Pavel Grigorevich Degterenko, 25.7.70 - 10.8.73
• Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Gerasimov, 10.8.73 - 9.2.76
• Major-General Vladimir Lukich Baranov, 9.2.76 - 5.8.81
• Major-General Pavel Ivanovich Pasmurov, 5.8.81 - 15.12.86
• Major-General Nikolay Vladimirovich Yudin, 15.12.86 - 31.12.92

Activated 9.59 in Myshanka, Gomel Oblast, as the 22nd Guards Engineer Brigade RVGK, from the 43rd Guards Heavy Mortar Brigade.

11.59 transferred to Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast.

Initial organisation:

• 577th Engineer Regiment RVGK (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 1031st Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 576th Engineer Regiment RVGK (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 1026th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 103rd Engineer Regiment RVGK (Kamenka-Bugskaya, Lvov Oblast)
• 330th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Kamenka-Bugskaya, Lvov Oblast)

1.7.60 renamed 37th Guards Missile Division.

Organisation 1961:

• 615th Guards Missile Regiment (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy oblast) with R-5M missiles
• 576th Missile Regiment (Lutsk, Volyn oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 577th Missile Regiment (Lutsk, Volyn oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 351st Missile Regiment (Brody, Lvov oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 103rd Missile Regiment (Chervonograd, Lvov oblast) with R-12 missiles

Organisation 1985:

• 615th Guards Missile Regiment (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh missiles
• 576th Missile Regiment (Lutsk, Volynska oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh missiles
• 577th Missile Regiment (Lutsk, Volynska oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh missiles
• 351st Missile Regiment (Brody, Lvov oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh missiles
• 103rd Missile Regiment (Chervonograd, Lvov oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh missiles

The division was disbanded 31.12.92.

Subordination:

• RVGK, 9.59 - 7.60
• 43rd Missile Army, 1.7.60 - 31.12.92

Support Units:

• 309th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 330th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 103rd Missile Regiment)
• 944th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 351st Missile Regiment)
• 988th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 615th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 1026th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 576th Missile Regiment)
• 1031th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 577th Missile Regiment; from 1980 the 37th Guards Missile Division)
• 3501st Technical Missile Base
• 740th Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast, 11.59 - 12.93

Divisional coordinates:

• Lutsk MRBM Division Command Post Bunker (50 44 17N, 25 28 44E)
• Lutsk MRBM Division HQ Radcom Receiver Station Hardened (50 44 24N, 25 28 45E)
• Lutsk MRBM Division Support Facility (50 44 22N, 25 28 44E)
• Lutsk Mobile IRBM Division Technical Missile Base (50 53 09N, 25 30 50E) - from 1981
• Lutsk Mobile IRBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (50 50 08N, 25 29 14E)
• Helicopter Base (50 47 20N, 25 19 43E)