99th Missile Brigade

99-я ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1970(?) in Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray, 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 until 1981 - the 47th Guards Missile Brigade, when it was upgraded to a active brigade.

Disbanded 1991.

Headquarters:

• Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray, 1970 - 1991 [45 05 42N, 38 58 57E] [US designation: Krasnodar Barracks AL 8]

Equipment:

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

Subordination:

• North Caucasus Military District, 1970 - 1981
• 12th Army Corps, 1981 - 1991