19th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

Regimentul 19 Rachete Antiaeriene

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 21.9.61 in Bucharest, Romania, as the 19th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, from the 27th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

Organisation 1970:

• 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Boteni) [44 39 06N, 25 37 53E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site C31-2]
• 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Dealu) [44 24 01N, 25 37 50E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site C27-2]
• 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Valea Bisericii) [44 36 39N, 26 35 30E] with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers [US designation: Buharest SAM site C07-2]

1.8.73 united with the 18th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, and renamed 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade.

Headquarters:

• Bucharest-Pantelimon, Romania, 9.61 - 8.73 [44 27 10N, 26 12 54E]

Subordination:

• Air Defence Forces, 1961 - 1973