730th Red Banner Missile Regiment

730-й ракетный Краснознаменный полк

Military Unit: 54300

Activated 6.60 in Bershet, Perm Oblast, from the 1207th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, under the 206th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 52nd Missile Division.

1963 with 3 battalions at three sites:

• 1st Battalion - BSP-2 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 20.9.62
• 2nd Battalion - BSP-22 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 24.2.64
• 3rd Battalion - BSP-21 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 30.12.63

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained as 730th Missile Regiment, now with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-2)
• 2nd Battalion became 811th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-22)
• 3rd Battalion became 684th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-21)

In 1969 the BSP-2 site was transferred to the 811th Missile Regiment.

The regiment began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile in 1969, and went on alert duty 3.12.69 in area BRK-5 with 10 silos.

The regiment stood down in 1975, and began conversion to the UR-100K missile - alert duty from 1975.

Disbanded 1.12.92.

US designation 1960-1969: Perm ICBM complex (Launch site B, later launch site 2). Type IIB pads.

US designation 1969-1992: Perm ICBM complex (Launch Group K). Type IIID silos.

Perm Launch Site 2 (BSP-2) 1960-1969 (57 43 54N, 55 55 17E)

Perm ICBM complex 1969-1992 (Launch Group K):

• silo 62K: 57 37 48N, 56 40 13E
• silo 63K: 57 40 56N, 56 33 54E
• silo 64K: 57 43 24N, 56 35 05E
• silo 66K: 57 44 35N, 56 40 08E
• silo 67K: 57 42 09N, 56 29 56E
• silo 68K: 57 40 22N, 56 48 11E
• silo 70K: 57 41 36N, 56 41 14E - control site
• silo 71K: 57 45 27N, 56 27 42E
• silo 73K: 57 43 12N, 56 47 43E
• silo 74K: 57 46 35N, 56 43 34E