867th Guards Polotskiy order of Kutuzov Missile Regiment

867-й гвардейский ракетный Полоцкий ордена Кутузова полк

Military Unit: 23460, from 1984: 29551

Activated 12.59 in Dobele, Latvia, as the 867th Engineer Regiment, directly attached to the 50th Air Army.

1.7.60 renamed 867th Missile Regiment, now attached to the 29th Guards Missile Division.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 1.10.60 (one R-12 pad, no warhead until April 1961), 1.1.61 (one R-12 pad) and 25.9.61 (the remaining two R-12 pads)
• 2nd battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 25.9.61 (two R-12 pads) and 10.12.61 (the remaining two R-12 pads)
• 3rd battalion with 4 R-12U (SS-4) silos - alert duty from 30.9.63

The three battalions stood down 7.6.82, and the regiment was later (1983) transferred to Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, attached to the 35th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-UTTKh (15P653) (SS-20) missiles 16.7.84.

The regiment stood down 1990, and began conversion to the RT-2PM (SS-25) missile - went on alert duty 17.12.94 with 9 missiles.

US designation 1960-1982: Zagare MRBM complex (Zagare 1 & 2 and Lieleleja launch sites). Type I (pad) and IV (silo) sites.

Zagare launch site 1 with 4 R-12 pads (56 23 11N, 23 19 25E):

Zagare launch site 2 with 4 R-12 pads (56 28 43N, 23 21 06E):

Lieleleja launch site with 4 R-12U silos (56 24 21N, 23 36 50E):

Two alternative fixed field sites for the pad launchers, were set up at Dobele (Dobele 1: 56 39 54N, 23 11 44E and Dobele 2: 56 40 41N, 23 07 17E), but had become inactive by 1967.

Barnaul Mobile IRBM/ICBM Base 5 (1984-1990 RSD-10 and 1992-today RT-2PM missiles) (53 13 36N, 84 40 09E):