181st Guards Novozybkovskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Missile Brigade

181-я гвардейская ракетная Новозыбковская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова и Александра Невского бригада

Military Unit: 00000; from 1966: 66047

Activated 13.5.60 in Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast, from the 11th Rocket Mortar Brigade.

Organisation in Germany:

• 240th independent Missile Battalion (Kochstedt, Germany) - military unit: 65738
• 479th independent Missile Battalion (Kochstedt, Germany) - military unit: 65841
• 868th independent Missile Battalion (Jüterbog, Germany*) - military unit: 65894
• Technical Battery

* Jüterbog to 6.79, Wittenberg (6.79 - 1991) and Kochstedt (1991 - 6.92)

Disbanded 6.92, and transferred to Pinozero, Murmansk Oblast.

Headquarters:

• Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast, 5.60 - 5.66 [53 18 14N, 28 39 34E]
• Dessau (Kochstedt Kaserne), Germany, 5.66 - 6.92 [51 47 50N, 12 12 01E] [US designation: Dessau 241]

Equipment:

• 9K72 missiles (SS-1b/c Scud), 1960 - 1992 [1990 with 12 launch vehicles]

Subordination:

• 5th Guards Tank Army, 5.50 - 5.66
• 1st Guards Tank Army, 5.66 - 6.92