159th Missile Brigade

159-я ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 11702

Activated 9.58 in Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

Organisation 1958:

• 000 independent Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Missile Battalion
• Technical Battery

A third battalion was added in 10.62:

• 000 independent Missile Battalion (military unit: 63191)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (military unit: 44924)
• Technical Battery

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast, 9.58 - 12.58
• Takhiatash, Karakalpakskaya ASSR, 12.58 - 5.59 [42 19 09N, 59 33 46E]
• Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast, 5.59 - 1.92 [48 33 27N, 32 14 55E] [US designation: Kirovograd Tactical SSM Barracks AL 3]

Equipment:

• 9K72 missiles (SS-1b/c Scud), 1958 - 1992 [1990 with 18 launch vehicles]

Subordination:

• Kiev Military District, 1959 - 1992