778th Guards Missile Regiment

778-й гвардейский ракетный полк

Military Unit: 59975

Activated 1.12.82 in Elgava, Latvia, under the 29th Guards Missile Division.

6.84 transferred to Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Kray and came under the 23rd Guards Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 16.11.84 with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh (15P653) (SS-20) missiles.

The regiment stood down 8.88, and began conversion to the RT-2PM (15P158) (SS-25 missile) - alert duty from 12.12.89 with 9 missiles.

The regiment stood down 9.5.07, and was disbanded shortly thereafter.

Kansk mobile IRBM base 2 (56 20 09N, 95 16 34E):