1179th Guards Artillery Regiment

1179-й гвардейский артиллерийский полк

Military Unit: 63201; from 12.79: 15789; from 1.89: 63201

Activated 7.6.46 in Seltsy, Ryazan Oblast, as the 15th Guards Artillery Regiment.

7.6.60 reduced and renamed 844th independent Guards Artillery Battalion.

27.4.62 enlarged and renamed 1179th Guards Artillery Regiment.

1.10.76 absorbed the 884th independent Rocket Artillery Battalion.

Disbanded 1.90.

Re-activated 23.9.91 in Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast, but formation was never completed - possibly not even begun.

5.92 taken over by Belarus.

Bases:

• Seltsy, Ryazan Oblast, 7.6.46 - 3.47

• Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast, 3.47 - 12.79 [55 11 22N, 30 13 37E]

• Kabul, Afghanistan, 25.12.79 - 1.89 [55 34 35N, 28 37 17E]

• Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast, 1.89 - 1.90 & 9.91 - 5.92 [55 11 22N, 30 13 37E]

Subordination:

• 103rd Guards Airborne Division, 6.46 - 5.92