382nd Guards Berdskiy Missile Regiment

382-й гвардейский ракетный Бердский полк

Military Unit: 44238

Activated 30.12.60 at Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast, under the 212th Guards Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 39th Guards Missile Division.

1963 with 2 battalions at two sites:

• 1st Battalion - BSP-21 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 5.3.63
• 2nd Battalion - BSP-23 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 5.2.64

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained as 382nd Guards Missile Regiment, with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-21)
• 2nd Battalion became 826th Guards Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-23)

The regiment stood down in 1976.

The regiment went on alert duty 28.10.77 with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K (15P645K) missiles.

The regiment stood down in 5.6.81, and began conversion to the RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh (15P653) missile - alert duty from 25.12.81 with 9 missiles.

The regiment stood down in 1988, and began conversion to the RT-2PM Topol (15P158) missile - alert duty from 22.12.89 with 9 missiles.

Honoured with the name "Berdskiy" in 1999.

US designation 1964-1977: Novosibirsk ICBM complex (Launch site A, later Launch Site 2). Type IIB pads.

Novosibirsk Launch Site 2 (BSP-21) 1964-1977 (55 19 06N, 83 10 04E):

Novosibirsk Mobile IRBM/ICBM Base 1 (BSP-21) (RSD-10 and RT-2PM missiles) (55 19 06N, 83 10 04E):

No drawing.