81st Missile Regiment

81-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 89552

Activated 1.6.61 in Anastasyevka, Khabarovsk Kray, under the 60th Missile Division.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 15.1.62
• 2nd battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from late 1962

When the 60th Missile Division moved to Tatischevo, Saratov Oblast, in 1964, the regiment became independent under the 9th independent Missile Corps.

From 6.70 under the 53rd Missile Army.

The battalions stood down in 1970, and the regiment was disbanded September 1970.

US designation 1961-1970: Anastasyevka MRBM complex (Anastasyevka launch site 1 & 2). Type II (pad) site.

Anastasyevka launch site 1 with 4 R-12 pads (48 34 57N, 135 37 37E):

Anastasyevka launch site 2 with 4 R-12 pads (48 36 34N, 135 40 58E):

One alternative fixed field site for the pad launchers, were set up at Anastasyevka (49 32 33N, 135 31 46E).