524th Missile Regiment

524-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 54278

Activated 24.7.60 in Sretensk, Chitinskaya Oblast (activation completed 1.12.60), 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-31 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 5.3.64
• 2nd Battalion - BSP-11 with 3 R-16U silos - alert duty from 5.1.65
• 3rd Battalion - BSP-13 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 3.2.64

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained as 524th Missile Regiment, now with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-31)
• 2nd Battalion became 775th Missile Regiment with 3 R-16 silos (BSP-11)
• 3rd Battalion became 796th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-13)

1.12.66 the BSP-31 site was transferred to the 720th Missile Regiment, and began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile.

The regiment went on alert duty 27.12.66 with 10 UR-100 (SS-11) silos in area BRK-2.

The regiment went off alert duty 2.4.73, and converted to the UR-100K - alert duty from 16.8.73.

From 25.10.91 continued on alert duty, but with the warheads now removed from the missiles.

The regiment stood down in 5.2.94, and began conversion to the RT-2PM (15P158) (SS-25) missile (missiles from the 376th Guards Missile Regiment) - alert duty from 28.12.94 with 9 missiles (limited alert duty from 6.12.94).

The regiment went off alert duty 4.8.2002, and was disbanded 1.12.2002.

US designation 1960-1966: Drovyanaya ICBM complex (Launch site A, later launch site 1). Type IIB pads.

BSP-13 (51 24 59N, 113 00 09E):

Drovyanaya ICBM Complex - Launch Group H (Type IIID):

• silo 15H: 51 26 31N, 113 02 22E - control site
• silo 19H: 51 21 39N, 112 52 01E
• silo 20H: 51 23 04N, 112 56 41E
• silo 21H: 51 20 26N, 113 04 44E
• silo 22H: 51 22 57N, 113 04 05E
• silo 23H: 51 26 16N, 113 08 49E
• silo 24H: 51 24 09N, 113 07 19E
• silo 25H: 51 18 24N, 112 57 43E
• silo 26H: 51 21 34N, 112 46 20E
• silo 28H: 51 25 07N, 112 52 06E

Drovyanaya ICBM Complex (RT-2PM 1992 - 2002, BSP-11) (51 27 20N, 113 03 56E):

No drawing.