240th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

240-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 00000; from 2.75: 52313

Activated 1960 in Borisov, Minsk Oblast, as the 158th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

1969 renamed 240th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

Organisation 1988:

• 1065th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 1119th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• 1120th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
• Technical Battalion

Disbanded 1996.

Headquarters:

• Borisov, Minsk Oblast, 1960 - 12.2.75 [54 11 14N, 28 30 30E]
• Borzya-3, Chita Oblast, 12.2.75 - 1996 [50 21 13N, 116 28 21E]

Equipment:

• S-75 (SA-2), 1960 - 1969
• Krug (SA-4), 1969 - 1996

Subordination:

• 7th Tank Army, 1960 - 12.2.75
• 36th Combined Arms Army, 12.2.75 - 1996