18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

Regimentul 18 Rachete Antiaeriene

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 21.9.61 in Mihai Bravu, Romania, as the 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, from the 50th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

Organisation 1970:

• 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Ghimpati) [44 11 41N, 25 48 39E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site B23-2]
• 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Mihai Bravu) [44 07 15N, 26 04 04E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site B19-2]
• 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Heresti) [44 11 50N, 26 20 34E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site B15-2]
• 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Sohatu) [44 21 05N, 26 32 22E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site B11-2]
• 1st Technical Battalion (Bucharest) [44 28 45N, 26 13 44E] [US designation: Buharest SAM Support Facility]

1.8.73 united with the 19th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, and renamed 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade.

Headquarters:

• Mihai Bravu, Romania, 9.61 - 4.62
• Bucharest, Romania, 4.62 - 8.73

Subordination:

• Air Defence Forces, 1961 - 1973