55th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

55-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 44079; from 1.91: 23441

Activated 1962 in the Carpathian Military District, as the 104th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

1971 renamed 55th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

Organisation 1988:

• 515th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Mor) - military unit: 08386
• 514th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Gyor) - military unit: 41721
• 518th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Papa) - military unit: 47540
• Technical Battalion - military unit: 31657

A fourth independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (military unit: 08358) was activated 1989 in Mor, when the brigade converted to the Buk-M1 (SA-11) missile.

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Carpathian Military District, 1962 - 1969
• Mor, Hungary, mid-1969 - 1.91 [47 21 43N, 18 10 59E]
• Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, 1.91 - 1.92 [44 56 30N, 34 04 22E]

Equipment:

• S-75 (SA-2), 1962 - 1971
• Krug (SA-4), 1971 - 1989
• Buk-M1 (SA-11), 1989 - 1.92

Subordination:

• Carpathian Military District, 1962 - 1969
• Southern Group of Forces, mid-1969 - 1.91
• 32nd Army Corps, 1.91 - 1.92