796th Missile Regiment

796-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 68531

Activated 3.64 in Drovyanaya, Chitinskaya Oblast, under the 4th Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-13 with 2 R-16 (SS-7) pads.

1.12.66 the BSP-13 site was transferred to the 775th Missile Regiment.

1.3.67 the regiment was transferred to Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast, under the 57th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty in 1969 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-8.

The regiment stood down in 1980, and converted to the R-36MUTTKh (15A18) - alert duty from 12.79.

Disbanded 1993.

US designation 1964-1968: Drovyanaya ICBM complex (Launch site D, later launch site 4). Type IID pads.

BSP-31 (51 20 24N, 113 01 10E):

US designation: 1969 - 1979 Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex - Launch Group F (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1979 - 1993 Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex - Launch Group F (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 33F: 49 36 19N, 81 08 02E - old control site (1969-1979)
• silo 34F: 49 41 07N, 81 13 19E
• silo 35F: 49 47 19N, 81 13 26E
• silo 36F: 49 42 47N, 81 04 13E
• silo 37F: 49 37 23N, 81 22 25E
• silo 38F: 49 33 44N, 81 16 37E
• Launch Control Facility FF (Type III): co-located with silo 33F (from 1979)