318th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

318-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 71587

Activated 1960 in Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR.

In 7.62 deployed to Cuba as the 619th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, and a new 318th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was activated 9.62.

Organisation:

• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 53 06N, 48 48 53E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 41 12N, 49 06 40E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles - abandoned late 1960's
• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 49 37N, 49 25 24E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (56 03 19N, 49 11 54E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
• Technical Battalion

In 1971 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with 3 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the regiment:

• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 54 29N, 49 24 32E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 54 33N, 49 24 52E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
• Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (55 54 27N, 49 25 11E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
• Technical Battalion (support area: 55 54 38N, 49 24 31E - guidance & tracking area: 55 54 07N, 49 24 51E)

From 1982 to 1989 also provided cover for Naberezhnye Chelny, Kazan Oblast (which had been renamed Brezhnev) - the older versions of the S-75 (SA-2) that had been replaced in the three Kazan battalions, were stored in Brezhnev, but it's is not clear if any sites were actually constructed there.

In 1980's with 3 S-75 (SA-2) and 3 S-200 (SA-5) battalions, with additional storage of older S-75 missiles at Brezhnev.

The S-75 battalions were disbanded in the 1989-1990 period.

Disbanded 1993.

Headquarters:

• Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, 1960 - 1993

Subordination:

• 28th Air Defence Division, 1960 - 1993