104th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

104. Honi Légvédelmi Rakétaezred

Military Unit: 9420; from 1.10.62: 3011

Activated 1.11.60 in Budapest, Hungary, as the 104th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, from the 38th independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

Organisation 1962:

• 104/1. Technical Battalion (Isaszeg)
• 104/2. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Szabadzallas)
• 104/3. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Nograveroce)
• 104/4. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Vacegres)
• 104/5. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Gyömrö)
• 104/6. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Taborfalva)

Organisation 1970:

• 104/1. Technical Battalion (Isaszeg) [47 31 54N, 19 20 07E] (US designation: Budapest SAM Support Facility 1)
• 104/2. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Szabadzallas) [46 53 47N, 19 13 27E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers (US designation: Budapest SAM Site D18-2)
• 104/3. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Nograveroce) [47 50 15N, 19 03 33E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers (US designation: Budapest SAM Site C36-2)
• 104/4. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Vacegres) [47 39 44N, 19 23 97E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers (US designation: Budapest SAM Site B05-2)
• 104/5. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Gyömrö) [47 23 54N, 19 25 47E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers (US designation: Budapest SAM Site B12-2)
• 104/6. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Taborfalva) [47 04 20N, 19 27 03] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers (US designation: Budapest SAM Site C16-2)

In 1.9.77 the 104/6. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion was disbanded.

31.3.78 re-organised:

• 104/1. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion activated from 11/4. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 104/3. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion became 11/1. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, and was re-activated from 11/6. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 104/4. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion became 11/8. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 104/5. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion became 11/7. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Organisation 1980:

• 104/1. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Sarbogard) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers
• 104/2. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Szabadzallas) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers
• 104/3. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Dunaföldvar) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers

1.3.85 104/4. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group was activated in Sarbogard - operational 1.86 in Mezöfalva.

1.7.87 renamed 104th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1988:

• 104/1. Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Sarbogard) [46 53 28N, 18 35 44E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers
• 104/2. Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Szabadzallas) [46 53 47N, 19 13 27E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers
• 104/3. Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Dunaföldvar) [46 44 08N, 18 54 13E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers
• 104/4. Anti-Aircraft Missile Group (Mezöfalva) [46 58 11N, 18 47 09E] with 12 S-200VE (SA-5) launchers

Disbanded 30.6.91.

Headquarters:

• Budapest, Hungary, 1.11.60 - 4.7.83 [47 31 46N, 19 17 42E]
• Sarbogard, Hungary, 4.7.83 - 30.6.91 [46 53 36N, 18 36 09E]

Subordination:

• 1st Air Defence Division, 1.8.61 - 5.8.84
• 1st Air Defence Corps, 5.8.84 - 6.91