3rd independent Guards Vitenskiy Red Banner Missile Corps

3-й отдельный гвардейский ракетный Витебский Краснознаменный корпус

Military Unit: 43176

Commanders:

• Colonel-General Aleksey Dmitrievich Melekhin, 4.8.61 - 25.4.68

• Colonel-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Vishenkov, 25.4.68 - 27.6.70

Activated 10.3.61 in Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast from the 46th Artilley Range Administration (46th UAP).

Organisation 1961:

• 7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)

• 10th Guards Missile Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)

• 28th Guards Missile Division (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)

• 54th Guards Missile Division (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

Organisation 1969:

• 7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)

• 10th Guards Missile Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)

• 28th Guards Missile Division (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)

• 54th Guards Missile Division (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

• 53rd NIIP MO (Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast - from 1969)

8.6.70 renamed 27th Guards Missile Army.