673rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

673-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 51848

Activated 1953 in Shcherbovo, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1953rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 673rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 22 24N, 38 43 22E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E13-1)
• Support area: 55 23 26N, 38 42 33E
• Guidance area: 55 23 06N, 38 41 26E

1984 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10), and was reduced to an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion of the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Subordination:

• 1st Special Air Defence Corps, 1953 - 1984