233rd Svirskaya order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Missile Brigade
233-я ракетная
Свирская ордена Богдана Хмельницкого бригада
Military Unit: 33602; from 9.58:: 41631; from 5.66: 54237
Activated 23.6.54 in Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast, as the 233rd
Engineering Brigade RVGK, from the 233rd Howitzer Artillery Brigade of Special
Power (305mm howitzers).
Intially with four battalions (two with 8K11 (SS-1b Scud) and
two with BMD-20 MRL's).
Organisation 1957:
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15th independent Missile Battalion with 8K11 missiles
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16th independent Missile Battalion with 8K11 missiles
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33rd independent Missile Battalion with 8K11 missiles
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Technical Battery
28.7.60 renamed 233rd Missile Brigade.
Organisation 1958-1966:
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15th independent Missile Battalion (9.58-1962 Oschatz,
1962-5.66 Kochstedt)
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16th independent Missile Battalion (9.58-5.66 Kochstedt)
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33rd independent Missile Battalion (9.58-6.63 Borna,
6.63-5.66 Jüterbog)
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Technical Battery
Organisation 1966-1989::
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15th independent Missile Battalion
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16th independent Missile Battalion
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33rd independent Missile Battalion
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Technical Battery
Organisation 1989-1992::
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118th independent Missile Battalion
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199th independent Missile Battalion
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256th independent Missile Battalion
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Technical Battery
1.92 taken over by Belarus.
Headquarters:
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Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast, 8.54 - 9.58
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Kochstedt, Germany, 9.58 - 27.5.66 [51 47 50N, 12 12 01E]
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Slobudka, Brest Oblast, 5.66 - 4.89 [52 31 01N, 24 31 04E]
[US designation: Pruzhany SSM Facility and Army Barracks AL 7]
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Zaslonovo, Vitebsk Oblast, 4.89 - 1.92 [54 52 48N, 28 55
52E]
Equipment:
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8K11/9K72 missiles (SS-1b/c Scud), 6.54 - 1985 [1985 with 18
launch vehicles]
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9K714 Oka missiles (SS-23), 1985 - 12.9.88 [1987 with 12
launch vehicles]
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9K79 Tochka missiles (SS-21), 25.2.89 - 1.92
Inventory:
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12.87 (INF treaty data exchange) - SS-23: 26 missiles, 12 launchers,
12 missile transport vehicles and 10 training missiles
Subordination: