543rd Missile Regiment

543-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 29434

Activated 30.7.69 at Khmelnitskiy, Khmelnitskiy Oblast, under the 19th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 1.71 with 10 UR-100 (8K84) silos in area BRK-2.

Converted to the UR-100U (15A20U) and went on alert duty 10.75.

Converted to the UR-100NU (15A35) and went on alert duty 6.11.79 (limited alert duty from 9.79).

The missiles were removed between April and June 1995, and the regiment officially stood down in September 1995.

Disbanded 1.7.97.

US designation: 1971 - 1975 Derazhnya ICBM Complex - Launch Group D (Ten Type IIID silos):
US designation: 1975 - 1995 Derazhnya ICBM Complex - Launch Group D (Ten Type IIIG and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 05D: 49 19 37N, 27 21 34E
• silo 26D: 49 18 52N, 27 26 47E - old control site (1971-1975)
• silo 33D: 49 14 32N, 27 25 10E
• silo 34D: 49 14 26N, 27 30 09E
• silo 35D: 49 17 26N, 27 34 42E
• silo 36D: 49 20 56N, 27 30 55E
• silo 45D: 49 17 54N, 27 31 09E
• silo 56D: 49 14 46N, 27 35 15E
• silo 57D: 49 20 35N, 27 35 51E
• silo 58D: 49 21 48N, 27 24 41E
• Launch Control Facility DD (Type III): co-located with silo 26D (from 1975)