163rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

163-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 99571

Activated 1.68 in Leipzig-Taucha, East Germany, for airfield defence in the East Germany.

From 1.84 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion Group with two S-200 (SA-5) battalions, a technical battalion and a Repair-Technical Base (nuclear warheads) were attached to the brigade - stationed at Wendgräben, East Germany - 52 09 12N, 12 01 42E.

Organisation 1988:

• 354th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Allstedt, East Germany - 51 25 03N, 11 23 47E) - military unit: 99934
• 245th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Merseburg, East Germany - 51 22 51N, 11 49 59E) - military unit: 74754
• 254th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Altenburg, East Germany - 50 56 47N, 12 26 48E) - military unit: 00000
• 294th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Brandis, East Germany - 51 20 16N, 12 34 29E) - military unit: 99932
• 255th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Grossenhain, East Germany - 51 20 28N, 13 27 11E) - military unit: 76584
• 264th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Finsterwalde, East Germany - 51 37 06N, 13 36 00E) - military unit: 99571
• 250th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Falkenberg, East Germany - 51 31 39N, 13 06 34E) - military unit: 00000
• 227th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Köthen, East Germany - 51 42 34N, 11 51 47E) - military unit: 51837
• 281st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Brand, East Germany - 52 01 03N, 13 40 47E) - military unit: 99677
• 230th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Jüterbog-Altes Lager, East Germany - 52 00 35N, 12 52 57E) - military unit: 74733
• 207th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Zerbst, East Germany - 52 00 05N, 12 03 10E) - military unit: 74666
• 293rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Sperenberg, East Germany - 52 11 45N, 13 15 25E) - military unit: 99883
• 206th independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Möckern, East Germany - 52 10 13N, 11 57 44E) - military unit: 99849 - arrived 1.84 from Oranienburg
• 000 independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion Group (Wendgräben, East Germany - 52 09 12N, 12 01 42E) - military unit: 10200 - equipped with S-200 (SA-5) missiles
• 000 independent Technical Battalion (Leipzig-Tauche, East Germany) - military unit: 99483

Each battalion controlled four twin SA-3 launchers (later three or four quad SA-3 launchers), 12+ SA-7/14/16 shoulder launchers and a 23mm ZSU-23-4 battery.

1991 withdrawn and disbanded.

Headquarters:

• Leipzig-Taucha, East Germany, 1.68 - 1991 [51 21 42N, 12 27 14E] - today completely rebuilt - use Google Earth historical imagery

Subordination:

• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1.68 - 1.6.89
• Western Group of Forces, 1.6.89 - 1991