594th Red Banner Missile Regiment

594-й ракетный Краснознаменный полк

Military Unit: 54050

Activated 6.60 in Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast, under the 197th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 54th Guards Missile Division.

1963 with 2 battalions at two sites:

• site BSP-3 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 12.2.62
• site BSP-4 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 30.1.64

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• site BSP-3 remained as 594th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads
• site BSP-4 became 127th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads

In 1968 the regiment stood down, and the BSP-3 site was transferred to the 604th Missile Regiment.

Red Banner awarded in 22.2.68.

The regiment went on alert duty 20.12.70 with 10 UR-100 (SS-11) silos in area BRK-4.

The regiment converted to the UR-100K missile in 1974.

The regiment stood down in 1990, and was disbanded (1.3.91).

US designation 1960-1968: Teykovo ICBM complex (Launch site A, later Launch Site 1). Type IIB pads.

US designation 1970-1990: Teykovo ICBM complex (Launch Group F). Type IIID silos.

Teykovo Launch Site 1 (BSP-3) 1960-1968 (56 54 43N, 40 26 55E):

Teykovo ICBM complex 1970-1990 (Launch Group F):

• silo 60F: 56 39 11N, 39 40 46E - control site
• silo 63F: 56 39 29N, 39 32 26E
• silo 64F: 56 33 12N, 39 36 41E
• silo 65F: 56 33 57N, 39 47 30E
• silo 66F: 56 36 24N, 39 49 41E
• silo 67F: 56 40 54N, 39 49 21E
• silo 68F: 56 38 00N, 39 45 44E
• silo 69F: 56 35 12N, 39 33 05E
• silo 74F: 56 42 40N, 39 39 16E
• silo 75F: 56 43 30N, 39 32 23E