97th Missile Brigade

97-я ракетный бригада

Military Unit: 44099

Activated 15.11.64 at Itatka, Tomsk Oblast, as the 32nd Missile Brigade.

Initially under the 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, and from 8.6.70 the 33rd Guards Missile Army.

Organisation 1964:

• 739th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads
• 67th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads
• 73rd Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

29.1.69 renamed 97th Missile Brigade.

The three regiments stood down in 1969, and left Itatka.

Disbanded 30.5.73.

Support units:

• 0000 Repair-Technical Base
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 000 independent communications battalion

Brigade coordinates:

• Itatka ICBM Complex - 1967 map
• Itatka ICBM HQ Command Post Bunker (56 51 17N, 85 39 03E)
• Itatka ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station (56 43 51N, 85 21 15E)
• Itatka ICBM Complex Support Facility (56 50 36N, 85 37 05E) - drawing (1964)
• Itatka ICBM Complex Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (56 51 09N, 85 35 40E) - drawing (1964)