25th Missile Regiment

25-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 43190

Activated 1955 in Medved, Novgorod Oblast, as the 635th independent Engineer Battalion, under the 72nd Engineer Brigade RVGK.

1.59 transferred to Lychen, East Germany, attached to the 72nd Engineer Brigade RVGK.

The battalion went on alert duty 1.5.59 with four R-5M (SS-3) pads.

The battalion stood down 8.59, and was transferred to Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast - the R-5M missiles were transferred to the 97th Engineer Regiment at Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast.

August 1959 renamed 25th Engineer Regiment, still attached to the 72nd Engineer Brigade RVGK.

The regiment consisted of two battalions with each 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads, and the battalions went on alert duty in May 1960.

1.7.60 renamed 25th Missile Regiment, attached to the 24th Guards Missile Division.

The battalions stood down in 1990, and the regiment was disbanded.

US designation: Sovetsk MRBM complex (Slavsk launch sites 1 and 2). Type I (pad) sites.

Slavsk launch site 1 (54 59 10N, 21 36 34E):

Slavsk launch site 2 (54 59 59N, 21 28 24E):

Lychen launch site 2 (1959) (53 03 08N, 13 23 20E):

No drawing.