70th Guards Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
70-й гвардейский зенитно-ракетный
Краснознаменный полк
Military Unit: 04671
Activated 1959 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, from the
70th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.
Initially with 4 S-75 battalions.
Organisation:
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 15 09N, 58 57 46E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 26 44N, 58 45 56E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 22 09N, 59 19 56E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 36 42N, 59 06 17E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
In 1970 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with
2 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the regiment:
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 26 13N, 59 23 40E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 26 11N, 59 23 21E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 26 02N, 59 23 08E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
- not completed
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Technical Battalion (support area: 53 26 23N, 59 23 14E - guidance & tracking area:
53 25 49N, 59 23 44E)
Red Banner awarded 22.2.68.
In 1989 with 3 S-75M3 and 3 S-200V battalions (including one
S-200A mobilisation battalion).
Disbanded 1998 - honours and awards were transferred to the
1533rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Headquarters:
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Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, 1959 - 1998
Subordination: