523rd Missile Regiment

523-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 44127

Activated 6.60 in Sretensk, Chitinskaya Oblast, under the 119th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 4th Missile Division.

1962 transferred to Domna, Chitinskaya Oblast.

1963 with 3 battalions at three sites:

• 1st Battalion - BSP-23 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 30.3.64
• 2nd Battalion - BSP-21 with 3 R-16U silos - alert duty from 25.3.65
• 3rd Battalion - BSP-12 with 3 R-16U silos - alert duty from 5.4.65

30.3.64 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained as 523rd Missile Regiment, now with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-23)
• 2nd Battalion became 697th Missile Regiment with 3 R-16U silos (BSP-21)
• 3rd Battalion became 720th Missile Regiment with 3 R-16U silos (BSP-12)

1.12.66 the BSP-23 site was transferred to the 697th Missile Regiment, and 1.3.67 the regiment was transferred to Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, under the 38th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 11.11.69 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-7.

The regiment stood down 1979 and converted to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 11.79.

The regiment stood down 1990 and converted to the R-36M2 missile - alert duty from 1990.

Disbanded 1996.

US designation 1960-1966: Drovyanaya ICBM complex (Launch site C, later launch site 3). Type IID pads.

BSP-23 (51 27 15N, 113 03 54E):

US designation: 1969 - 1979 Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex - Launch Group F (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1979 - 1996 Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex - Launch Group F (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 32F: 51 24 09N, 65 49 42E
• silo 33F: 51 29 31N, 65 48 17E
• silo 34F: 51 31 20N, 65 39 42E - old control site (1969-1979)
• silo 35F: 51 26 29N, 65 31 15E
• silo 36F: 51 21 27N, 65 33 23E
• silo 37F: 51 26 34N, 65 40 59E
• Launch Control Facility FF (Type III): co-located with silo 34F (from 1979)