390th Missile Regiment

390-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 54112, from 1964: 93771

Activated 1.7.60 at Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, under the 216th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 41st Guards Missile Division.

1963 with 2 battalions at two sites:

• 1st Battalion - BSP-12 with 2 R-9A pads - alert duty from 1965

• 2nd Battalion - BSP-13 with 2 R-9A pads - alert duty from 1965

In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 1st Battalion remained as 390th Missile Regiment with 2 R-9A pads (BSP-12)

• 2nd Battalion became 39th Missile Regiment with 2 R-9A pads (BSP-13)

From 11.64 attached to the 10th Missile Brigade (16.1.69 renamed 93rd Missile Brigade).

The regiment stood down in 1975, and was disbanded shortly thereafter (1975).

US designation 1960-1976: Tyumen ICBM complex (Launch site A, later Launch Site 3). Type IIC pads.

Tyumen Launch Site 3 (BSP-12) (56 51 37N, 65 33 57E):