212th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

212-я зенитно-ракетная бригада

Military Unit: 96443

Activated 24.2.61 in Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, as the 298th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Initially with 4 S-75 (SA-2) battalions, while five additional S-125 (SA-3) battalions were activated in 1967.

Organisation in the late 1960's:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 08 11N, 37 53 53E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 16 27N, 37 31 23E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (46 57 59N, 37 20 16E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (46 46 59N, 36 41 58E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 05 57N, 37 43 45E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 06 10N, 37 38 15E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 02 45N, 37 27 16E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (46 55 39N, 37 10 25E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (46 47 51N, 36 46 18E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
Technical Battalion
Technical Battalion

7.68 renamed 212th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

In 1972 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with 3 launch S-200 (SA-5) battalions were added to the brigade:

Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 09 40N, 37 16 26E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 09 35N, 37 16 11E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (47 09 40N, 37 15 56E) with 6 S-200 (SA-5) launchers
Technical Battalion (support area: 47 09 20N, 37 16 13E - guidance & tracking area: 47 10 04N, 37 16 10E)

1991 with 3 S-200 (SA-5), 3 S-75 (SA-2) and 4 S-125 (SA-3) battalions.

In 1988 one S-75 (SA-2) and one S-125 (SA-3) battalion were disbanded.

6.92 taken over by Ukraine.

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