493rd Guards Venskiy Red Banner orders of
Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
493-й гвардейский зенитно-ракетный Венский
Краснознаменный орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского полк
Military Unit: 00000, from 4.73: 05877
Activated 1960 in Priluki, Chernigov Oblast, from the 257th
Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment.
Initially two S-75 (SA-2) battalions.
Organisation 1960's:
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (50 48 55N, 32 05 58E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (50 23 38N, 32 25 27E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Technical Battalion
Organisation 1970's:
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 47 42N, 39 22 45E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 48 14N, 39 53 07E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 26 46N, 40 00 57E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 26 19N, 39 22 55E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
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Technical Battalion
In 1973 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 (54 26 52N, 39 40 14E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
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Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (54 26 41N, 39 40 24E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
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Technical Battalion (support area: 54 26 50N, 39 40 36E - guidance & tracking area:
54 26 38N, 39 39 43E)
1993 united with the 466th Anti-Aircraft
Missile Brigade, and renamed 284th Guards
Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Headquarters:
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Priluki, Chernigov Oblast, 1960 - 4.73
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Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 4.73 - 1993 [54 26 45N, 39 49 44E]
Subordination: