309th Missile Regiment

309-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 23466

Activated 27.7.59 in Uman, Cherkassy Oblast, as the 309th Engineer Regiment, attached to the 43rd Air Army.

1.7.60 renamed 309th Missile Regiment, and came under the 200th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 43rd Guards Missile Division.

The regiment consisted of two battalions with each 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads and a third battalion with 4 R-12 silos.

The first battalion went on alert duty in 1960 (four R-12 pads), the second in 1961 (four R-12 pads), and the third in 1963 (four R-12 silos).

Transferred to the 46th Missile Division 14.6.62.

The first two battalions stood down 12.68 (eight R-12 pads).

The regiment moved to Pervomaisk, Nikolayev Oblast 12.68, and began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile - the third battalion (four R-12 silos) became independent under the 43rd Missile Army as the 1st independent Missile Battalion, but stood down in 1971, and was disbanded.

The regiment went on alert duty 25.12.69 with 10 UR-100 silos at site BRK-2.

Converted to the UR-100U in 1973, the UR-100N (SS-19) in 1975, the UR-100NU (SS-19 mod. 2) in 1980, and finally the RT-23U (SS-24) in 1989.

The regiment stood down 1997, and was disbanded 1997.

US designation 1960-1971: Uman MRBM complex (Molodetskoye, Mankovka and Kishentsy launch sites). Type I (pad) and IV (silo) sites [Kishentsy is a Type IV site].

US designation 1970 - 1998: Pervomaysk ICBM complex (Launch Group B). Type IIID silos.

Molodetskoye launch site (48 53 36N, 30 27 35E):

Mankovka launch site (48 58 17N, 30 24 38E):

Kishentsy launch site (49 00 09N, 30 13 46E):

Pervomaysk ICBM complex (Launch Group B):