28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division

28-я гвардейская ракетная Краснознаменная дивизия

Military Unit: 54055

Commanders:

• Major-General Mikhail Savelevich Burmak, 6.60 - 27.5.67
• Major-General Vasily Matveevich Barabanschikov, 27.5.67 - 13.2.75
• Major-General Vladimir Andreevich Generalov, 13.2.75 - 2.7.77
• Major-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Timofeev, 2.7.77 - 9.80
• Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Petrov, 9.80 - 31.7.86
• Major-General Dmitry Nikolaevich Bolshakov, 31.7.86 - 3.2.92
• Major-General Boris Aleksandrovich Polyakov, 3.2.92 - 14.8.95
• Major-General Vasily Grigorevich Karavaytsev, 14.8.95 - 21.9.98
• Major-General Sergey Dmitrievich Karakaev, 21.9.98 - 9.6.2001
• Major-General Viktor Anatolevich Fedorov, 9.6.2001 - 9.9.2004
• Major-General Oleg Gennadevich Antsiferov, 9.9.2004 - 9.2009
• Major-General Eduard Evgenevich Stefantsov, 9.2009 - 2.2013
• Major-General Valeriy Viktorovich Kasyanov, 2.2013 - 2017
• Colonel Yuriy Vasilevich Dray, 2017 - today

Activated 6.60 in Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast, as the 198th Guards Missile Brigade, from the 28th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

In 1961 relocated to Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast.

Initial organisation:

• 623rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
• 627th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
• 655th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
• 656th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)

1.8.61 the 627th Missile Regiment was transferred to the Baikonur test centre.

30.5.61 renamed 28th Guards Missile Division.

In March 1964 all R-9A battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 623rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 2 R-9A pads
• 655th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 2 R-9A pads
• 656th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 3 R-9A silos
• 119th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 2 R-9A pads
• 289th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 3 R-9A silos
• 368th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with no missiles
• 442nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with no missiles

In 1965 two regiments (368th and 442nd) were transferred to the 38th Missile Division and the 13th Missile Division.

1966 began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile.

In 1969 two regiments (116th and 527th) arrived from Yurya, Kirov Oblast (8th Missiles Division), but the 116th Missile Regiment went on to Pervomaysk, Luhansk Oblast, amd came under the 46th Missile Division.

Organisation 1972 (110 UR-100 silos, 6 R-9A silos and 6 R-9A pads):

• 289th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 4 R-9A pads and 3 R-9A silos
• 656th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 2 R-9A pads and 3 R-9A silos
• 74th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 168th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 372nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 373rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 214th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 532nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 119th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 533rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 623rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 655th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 527th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

The R-16 missile was phased out in 1976.

Organisation 1984 (60 UR-100NU silos and 50 UR-100 silos):

• 74th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 168th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 372nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 373rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 214th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 532nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 119th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 533rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 623rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 655th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 527th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

Five regiments were disbanded between 1985 and 1987.

Organisation 1998:

• 74th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 168th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 372nd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 373rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 214th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 119th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos

Organisation 2008:

• 74th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 168th Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 373rd Missile Regiment (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast) with 10 UR-100NU silos

Subordination:

• 46th Artilley Range Administration, 6.60 - 3.61
• 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps, 10.3.61 - 8.6.70
• 27th Guards Missile Army, 8.6.70 - today

Support Units:

• 38th independent Helicopter Squadron (military unit: 44326)
• 0000 Repair-Technical Base
• 2506th Technical Missile Base (military unit: 95855)
• 292nd Communications Center (military unit: 03086)

Kozelsk ICBM complex coordinates (for Type IIID silos, see individual regiments):

• Kozelsk ICBM Complex - 1964 map - 1968 map
• Kozelsk ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (54 02 12N, 35 46 21E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (54 17 24N, 35 13 56E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division HQ Radcom Receiver Bunker (54 03 58N, 35 46 28E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division HQ Radcom Transmitter Station (54 16 26N, 36 07 49E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division Support Facility (53 56 36N, 35 49 10E) - drawing (including rail-to-road point) (1964)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (53 56 11N, 35 46 20E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (53 56 44N, 35 46 07E)
• Kozelsk ICBM Division Administration and Housing Area (54 02 19N, 35 46 28E) [US designation: Kozelsk Army Barracks AL 1]
• Kozelsk ICBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (53 56 29N, 35 46 52E) - drawing (1964) - see above
• Training site - Type IIID training silo 46X (53 56 30N, 35 45 58E)
• Helicopter Base (54 03 14N, 35 45 28E)