183rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

183rd Guards Molodechnenskaya order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

183-я гвардейская Молодечненская ордена Александра Невского зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 95043

Activated 1961 in Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, from the 436th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1960's:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 32 39N, 20 19 08E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 20 14N, 21 35 42E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 24 49N, 22 02 14E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles (US designation: SAM site B16-2)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 31 02N, 21 01 18E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles (US designation: SAM site C14-2)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 50 36N, 21 06 27E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 32 36N, 20 36 41E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 27 19N, 20 16 25E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site B21-3)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 28 18N, 20 59 44E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site C13-3)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 37 50N, 21 02 39E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site C11-3)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 21 14N, 22 03 50E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site A10-3)
Technical Battalion
Technical Battalion

During 1969-1970 one independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with a total of 3 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the brigade:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 41 07N, 21 00 52E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 40 58N, 21 00 37E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 40 47N, 21 00 39E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Technical Battalion (support area: 54 41 04N, 21 00 20E - guidance & tracking area: 54 40 46N, 21 01 17E)

1970's and 1980's equipped with 3 S-200V (SA-5), 6 S-75 (SA-2) and 3 S-125 (SA-3) battalions.

1988 one S-200V and 3 S-75 battalions were disbanded.

12.91 took over the S-300PS battalions from the 365th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 36 02N, 19 50 49E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 28 48N, 19 54 57E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 44 46N, 20 04 18E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 52 25N, 19 57 09E)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 52 22N, 20 17 45E)

Three additional S-300PS battalions were activated after 1992:

1994 renamed 183rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

The two S-200V battalions were still active after 2000.

In 2011 two battalions were activated with the S-400 (SA-21) missile - 54 41 06N, 21 00 53E.

2011 with 2 S-400 and 4 S-300PS battalions.

Headquarters:

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