42nd Tagilskaya Missile Division
42-я ракетная Тагильская дивизия
Military Unit: 34103
Commanders:
Major-General Oleg Ivanovich Mayskiy, 27.8.60 - 15.1.65
Major-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Vishenkov, 15.1.65 - 7.5.68
Major-General Nikolay Timofeevich Panin, 7.5.68 - 27.11.74
Major-General Vladimir Leontevich Ivanov, 27.11.74 - 9.7.76
Major-General Evgeny Pavlovich Linovitskiy, 9.7.76 - 4.1.82
Major-General Aleksey Leontevich Kryzhko, 4.1.82 - 1985
Colonel Nikolay Ivanovich Basamykin, 1985 - 1986
Major-General Sergey Pavlovich Kudrin, 1986 - 30.12.94
Major-General Vladimir Leonidovich Zakharov, 30.12.94 - 21.12.96
Major-General Aleksandr Vasilevich Kot, 21.12.96 - July 2000
Major-General Aleksandr Grigorevich Ponomarenko, July 2000 - February 2003
Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Bolgarskiy, February 2003 - 10.07
Colonel Valery Evgenevich Tarazevich, 10.07 - today
Activated 5.60 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, as the 202nd Missile Brigade, from the 18th Howitzer Artillery Brigade and the 19th Tank Training Regiment. Initially under the 24th Artilley Range Administration.
From 10.3.61 under the 5th independent Missile Corps.
Initial organisation:
677th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with sites BSP-1, 3 and 12
686th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with sites BSP-2, 5 and 11
680th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with sites BSP-21, 22 and 23
688th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with no sites
30.5.61 renamed 42nd Missile Division.
The 688th Missile Regiment was transferred to Belokorovichi (50th Missile Division) in September 1962 - the three other regiments were all disbanded 15.4.63, and each BSP site became an independent Missile Battalion (ordn).
In March 1964 all the independent R-16 battalions were upgraded to regiments:
601st Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-1)
595th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-2)
767th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-3)
175th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-5)
580th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-11)
617th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-12)
808th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos (BSP-21)
804th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos (BSP-22)
146th Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-23)
The 535th Missile Regiment was formed 20.12.66, but was transferred to Zhangiz Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast, on 17.11.67 (57th Missile Division).
Four missile regimenst left the division in 1969:
175th Missiles Regiment to Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast (13th Missile Division)
767th Missiles Regiment to Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast (13th Missile Division)
601st Missile Regiment to Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast (59th Missile Division)
595th Missile Regiment to Dzerzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast (38th Missile Division)
Organisation 1970:
580th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 6 R-16 pads (BSP-2, 5 and 11)
617th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 6 R-16 pads (BSP-1, 3 and 12)
808th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos (BSP-21)
804th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos (BSP-22)
146th Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads (BSP-23)
From 8.6.70 attached to the 31st Missile Army.
The 146th Guards Missile Regiment was disbanded in 1975.
The R-16 missile was phased out in 1977 - both unknown Missile Regiments were disbanded in 1977.
Three Missile Regiments arrived at Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, during the 1978-1981 period.
Organisation 1982 (45 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles):
617th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
804th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
308th Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
433rd Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
142nd Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K missiles
The division converted to the RT-2PM Topol (SS-25) missile in 1985.
Organisation 1998 (45 RT-2PM Topol missiles) :
617th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM Topol missiles
804th Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM Topol missiles
308th Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM Topol missiles
433rd Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM Topol missiles
142nd Guards Missile Regiment (Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM Topol missiles
1999 honoured with the name "Tagilskaya".
The 308th Guards Missile Regiment was disbanded in 2003.
Support Units:
2446th Technical Missile Base
294th Communications Center
Verkhnaya Salda ICBM complex coordinates:
