43rd Guards Smolenskaya orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Missile Division

43-я гвардейская ракетная Смоленская орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 54196

Commanders:

• Colonel Andrey Ivanovich Gluschenhko, 27.8.60 - 7.7.61

• Major-General Igor Demyanovich Statsenko, 7.7.61 - 1.7.62

• Major-General Valentin Markovich Osipov, 8.10.62 - 22.5.65

• Major-General Nikolay Mikhaylovich Makhotkin, 7.8.65 - 27.8.74

• Major-General Viktor Fedorovich Topoltsev, 27.8.74 - 16.10.76

• Major-General Viktor Danilovich Bilyk, 16.10.76 - 30.8.79

• Major-General Anatoly Alekseevich Svirin, 30.8.79 - 22.7.85

• Major-General Valentin Petrovich Gerasimov, 22.7.85 - 14.10.88

• Major-General Valery Lvovich Chupriyanov, 14.10.88 - 6.2.91

• Colonel Anatoly Petrovich Khinevich, 6.2.91 - 10.10.92

Activated 5.60 in Romny, Sumy Oblast, as the 200th Missile Brigade, under the 43rd Missile Army.

30.5.61 renamed 43rd Missile Division.

Organisation 1961:

• 664th Guards Missile Regiment (Akhtyrka, Sumy Oblast) with R-12 missiles

• 665th Missile Regiment (Lebedin, Sumy Oblast) with R-14 missiles

• 668th Missile Regiment (Glukhov, Sumy Oblast) with R-14 missiles

• 309th Missile Regiment (Uman, Cherkass Oblast) with R-12 missiles

The 309th Missile Regiment was transferred to the 46th Missile Division 14.6.62.

1.7.62 renamed 51st Missile Division for operations in Cuba, together with the 664th Guards, 665th and 668th Missile Regiments.

8.10.62 reformed in Romny, Sumy Oblast, as the 43rd Guards Missile Division, from the 18th Guards Missile Division.

10.10.62 the 664th Guards, 665th and 668th Missile Regiments were reformed from the 704th Guards, 717th and 718th Missile Regiments.

4.1.63 absorbed the 51st Missile Division, returning from Cuba.

In August 1969 two new regiments were formed within the division (546th and 552nd), but both were transferred to the 46th Missile Division in September 1973.

From 25.5.72 the 433rd Guards Missile Regiment was attached to the division.

Organisation 1979:

• 664th Guards Missile Regiment (Akhtyrka, Sumy Oblast) with R-12 missiles

• 665th Missile Regiment (Lebedin, Sumy Oblast) with R-14 missiles

• 668th Missile Regiment (Glukhov, Sumy Oblast) with R-14 missiles

• 433rd Guards Missile Regiment (Gaisin, Vinnitsa Oblast) with R-14 missiles

The 433rd Guards Missile Regiment was transferred to the 42nd Missile Division 12.1.79.

In 1984 two new regiments were attached to the division (15th and 19th Missile Regiments).

Organisation 1989:

• 664th Guards Missile Regiment (Akhtyrka, Sumy Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

• 665th Missile Regiment (Lebedin, Sumy Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

• 668th Missile Regiment (Glukhov, Sumy Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

• 15th Missile Regiment (Glukhov, Sumy Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

• 19th Missile Regiment (Akhtyrka, Sumy Oblast) with RSD-10 Pioner missiles

The division was disbanded 31.12.92.

Support Units:

• 306th independent Helicopter Squadron

• 743rd Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 309th Missile Regiment)

• 1520th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 433rd Guards Missile Regiment)

• 1533rd Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 664th Guards Missile Regiment)

• 1534th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 665th Missile Regiment; from 1980 the 43rd Guards Missile Division)

• 1535th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 668th Missile Regiment)

• 5977th Technical Missile Base

• 742nd Communications Center