26th Missile Brigade

26-я ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 49299

Activated 1970(?) in Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast, as a mobilisation unit.

A mobilisation unit would have very few men attached in peacetime, but would be fully equipped.

Organisation:

• 000 independent Missile Battalion (mobilisation)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (mobilisation)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (mobilisation)
• Technical Battery (mobilisation)

The brigade was co-located with a regular unit - the 159th Missile Brigade.

Disbanded 5.91.

Headquarters:

• Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast, 1970 - 5.91 [48 33 27N, 32 14 55E] [US designation: Kirovograd Tactical SSM Barracks AL 3]

Equipment:

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

Subordination:

• Kiev Military District, 1970 - 1991