3rd Missile Brigade

3-я ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 48307

Activated 1970(?) in Bayram-Ali, Mary 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 111th Missile Brigade.

Disbanded 1989.

Headquarters:

• Bayram-Ali, Mary Oblast, 1970 - 1989 [37 36 17N, 62 10 32E]

Equipment:

• 9K72 missiles (SS-1b/c Scud)

Subordinated:

• Turkestan Military District, 1970 - 1989