199th Guards Dresdenskiy order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Missile Brigade

199-я гвардейская ракетная Дрезденская ордена Александра Невского бригада

Military Unit: 56000

Activated 1.5.58 in Tsel, Mogilev Oblast, as the 199th Guards Engineering Brigade RVGK, from the 199th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

1.7.60 renamed 199th Guards Missile Brigade.

Organisation :

• 123rd independent Missile Battalion (military unit: 63178) - activated 1.9.58
• 375th independent Missile Battalion (military unit: 74867) - activated 11.4.63
• 394th independent Missile Battalion (military unit: 41711) - activated 23.7.58
• Technical Battalion

The three battalions were disbanded 12.88, in connection with the INF treaty.

Organisation from 1988:

• 335th independent Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Missile Battalion
• 000 independent Missile Battalion
• Technical Battalion

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Tsel, Mogilev Oblast, 1.5.58 - 21.3.89 [53 23 45N, 28 28 08E] [US designation: Lapichi Tactical SSM Barracks Tsel AL 2]
• Novograd-Volynskiy, Zhitomir Oblast, 3.89 - 1.92 [50 34 58N, 27 39 23E]

Equipment:

• 9K72 missiles (SS-1b/c Scud), 5.58 - 11.85 [1985: 18 launch vehicles]
• 9K714 Oka missiles (SS-23), 1.12.85 - 21.3.89 [1987: 12 launch vehicles]
• 9K79 Tochka (SS-21), 4.89 - 1.92

Inventory:

• 12.87 (INF treaty data exchange) - SS-23: 26 missiles, 12 launchers, 11 missile transport vehicles and 9 training missiles

Subordination:

• RVGK, 5.58 - 7.60
• Belorussian Military District, 7.60 - 7.63
• 28th Combined Arms Army, 7.63 - 1970
• 5th Guards Tank Army, 1970 - 3.89
• 8th Tank Army, 3.89 - 1.92