43rd Red Banner Missile Army

43-я ракетная Краснознаменная армия

Military Unit: 35564

Commanders:

• Colonel-General of Aviation Georgy Nikolaevich Tupikov, 22.11.60 - 25.11.61
• Colonel-General Pavel Borisovich Dankevich, 25.11.61 - 7.7.62
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Grigorevich Shevtsov, 24.8.62 - 20.6.66
• Colonel-General Mikhail Grigorevich Grigorev, 20.6.66 - 25.4.68
• Colonel-General Aleksey Dmitrievich Melekhin, 25.4.68 - 15.7.74
• Colonel-General Yury Petrovich Zabegaylov, 15.7.74 - 18.12.75
• Colonel-General Vadim Serafimovich Nedelin, 18.12.75 - 15.8.82
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Petrovich Volkov, 15.8.82 - 22.7.87
• Lieutenant-General Valery Vasilevich Kirilin, 22.7.87 - 10.1.91
• Colonel-General Vladimir Alekseevich Mikhtyuk, 10.1.91 - 8.5.96

Activated 1.9.60 in Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast, from the 43rd Air Army DA.

Organisation 1961:

• 44th Missile Division (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 19th Missile Division (Gaisin, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 50th Missile Division (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 46th Missile Division (Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast)
• 43rd Guards Missile Division (Romny, Sumy Oblast)
• 35th Missile Division (Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetia)
• 37th Guards Missile Division (Lutsk, Volyn Oblast)

From 19.3.70 the 33rd Guards Missile Division was attached to the 43rd Missile Army.

Organisation 1975:

• 44th Missile Division (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 19th Missile Division (Rakovo, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 50th Missile Division (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 46th Missile Division (Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast)
• 43rd Guards Missile Division (Romny, Sumy Oblast)
• 35th Missile Division (Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetia)
• 33rd Guards Missile Division (Mozyr, Gomel Oblast)
• 37th Guards Missile Division (Lutsk, Volyn Oblast)
• 60th independent Missile Regiment (Pultovtsy, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 434th independent Missile Regiment (Pervomaysk, Luhansk Oblast)

25.5.75 awarded the Red Banner.

12.12.81 the 35th Missile Division left the Army, and was transferred to Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray.

The 44th Missile Division was disbanded 31.3.90.

In June 1990 the 50th Missile Army was disbanded, and two of its divisions became attached to the 43rd Missile Army.

Organisation 1990:

• 19th Missile Division (Rakovo, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 50th Missile Division (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 46th Missile Division (Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast)
• 43rd Guards Missile Division (Romny, Sumy Oblast)
• 33rd Guards Missile Division (Mozyr, Gomel Oblast)
• 37th Guards Missile Division (Lutsk, Volyn Oblast)
• 49th Guards Missile Division (Lida, Grodno Oblast)
• 32nd Missile Division (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast)

The 50th Missile Division was disbanded 30.4.91, followed by the 43rd Guards Missile Division 31.12.92 and the 37th Guards Missile Division 31.12.93.

In March 1993 three divisions (33rd Guards, 49th Guards and 32nd) were transferred to the 27th Guards Missile Army.

Organisation 1995:

• 19th Missile Division (Rakovo, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 46th Missile Division (Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast)

Disbanded 8.5.96.

Support Units:

• 15th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron
• 000 Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast, 9.60 - 5.96 [49 16 14N, 28 30 25N]

Army coordinates:

• Vinnitsa SRF Army HQ Radcom Transmitter Bunker Hardened (49 30 18N, 27 59 55E)
• Vinnitsa SRF Army Command Post Bunker Hardened (49 25 24N, 28 21 31E)