50th Red Banner Missile Division

50-я ракетная Краснознаменная дивизия

Military Unit: 52035

Commanders:

• Colonel Andrey Nikiforovich Yakovets, 15.5.53 - 11.8.53
• Colonel Mark Markovich Chumak, 25.7.53 - 30.12.54
• Colonel Konstantin Vasilevich Gerchik, 20.12.54 - 10.7.57
• Colonel Vladimir Ivanovich Andryukov, 10.7.57 - 15.11.58
• Major-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ladilov, 15.11.58 - 19.2.62
• Major-General Petr Andreevich Gnido, 19.2.62 - 27.7.64
• Major-General Boris Andreevich Bondarenko, 27.7.64 - 26.11.71
• Major-General Boris Ivanovich Lobanov, 26.11.71 - 11.3.75
• Major-General Vasily Matveevich Ivanushkin, 11.3.75 - 10.8.78
• Major-General Nikolay Maksimovich Chichevatov, 10.8.78 - 12.7.82
• Major-General Ivan Vasilevich Vershkov, 12.7.82 - 19.9.85
• Major-General Leonid Petrovich Vakhrushev, 19.9.85 - 30.4.91

Activated 15.5.53 in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, as the 80th Engineer Brigade RVGK, from parts of the 23rd Brigade for Special Use RVGK.

10.53 transferred to Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast.

Organisation 1953:

• 1st Launch Battalion (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 2nd Launch Battalion (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 3rd Launch Battalion (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)

1.10.55 renamed 80th Training Engineer Brigade RVGK, and 5.59 again renamed 80th Engineer Brigade RVGK.

Organisation 1959:

• 163rd Engineer Regiment RVGK (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 329th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 181st Engineer Regiment RVGK (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 331st Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 615th Guards Engineer Regiment RVGK (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 988th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)

5.60 renamed 80th Missile Brigade.

30.5.61 renamed 50th Missile Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 163rd Missile Regiment (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 181st Missile Regiment (Lipniki, Zhitomir Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 432nd Missile Regiment (Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast) with R-12 missiles

The 431st Guards Missile Regiment was added to the division in 1961.

The 60th Missile Regiment was added to the division in 1984.

8.5.85 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1985:

• 163rd Missile Regiment (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
• 181st Missile Regiment (Lipniki, Zhitomir Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
• 431st Guards Missile Regiment (Vysokaya Rech, Zhitomir Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
• 432nd Missile Regiment (Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
• 60th Missile Regiment (Vysokaya Rech, Zhitomir Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles

The division was disbanded 30.4.91.

Subordination:

• RVGK, 5.53 - 5.60
• 43rd Missile Army, 5.60 - 4.91

Support Units:

• 00 independent Helicopter Squadron
• 329th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 163rd Missile Regiment)
• 331st Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 181st Missile Regiment; from 1984 the 50th Missile Division)
• 1517th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 431st Guards Missile Regiment)
• 1519th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 432nd Missile Regiment)
• 4187th Technical Missile Base
• 737th Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast, 10.53 - 4.91

Divisional coordinates:

• Belokorovichi IR/MRBM Division Command Post Bunker (51 07 57N, 28 00 25E)
• Belokorovichi IR/MRBM Division Radcom Transmitter Station (50 57 48N, 27 25 12E)
• Belokorovichi Mobile IRBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (51 08 44N, 28 00 58E) - from 1984
• Belokorovichi IR/MRBM Division Support Facility (51 07 52N, 28 01 11E) - including administration and housing area
• Belokorovichi Mobile IRBM Division Technical Missile Base (51 08 43N, 27 59 41E) - from 1984
• Belokorovichi Mobile IRBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (51 08 02N, 28 01 18E)
• Helicopter Base (51 07 47N, 28 00 39E)