38th Missile Division

38-я ракетная дивизия

Military Unit: 33738

Commanders:

• Major-General Vasily Fedorovich Paramonov, 27.11.64 - 7.1.69
• Major-General Mikhail Fedorovich Sakharov, 7.1.69 - 28.9.73
• Major-General Yury Ivanovich Plotnikov, 28.9.73 - 20.9.76
• Major-General Valery Vasilevich Kirilin, 20.9.76 - 29.8.81
• Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Nikolaev, 29.8.81 - 16.4.88
• Major-General Yury Nikolaevich Norenko, 16.4.88 - 15.6.91
• Colonel Yury Alekseevich Fedyaev, 15.6.91 - 30.11.93
• Major-General Akhmet Mukharbekovich Khashegulgov, 30.11.93 - 30.9.96

Activated 1.11.64 in Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, as Operation Group Derzhavinsk - 4.65 renamed 38th Missile Division.

Organisation 1972:

• 412th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 442nd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 228th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 311th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 539th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 523rd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 595th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 755th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos

The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1975, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.

The R-36M2 was introduced in 1989.

Organisation 1992 (four regiments with R-36M2, and four regiments with R-36MUTTKh):

• 412th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 442nd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 228th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 311th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 539th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 523rd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 595th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 755th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos

The missiles were withdrawn from 1992 onwards, and the division was disbanded 30.9.96.

Subordination:

• 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, 1.11.64 - 1.6.65
• 24th independent Missile Corps, 1.6.65 - 8.6.70
• 31st Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 8.4.93
• 33rd Guards Missile Army, 8.4.93 - 30.9.96

Support Units:

• 69th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 3003rd Repair-Technical Base
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 000 Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex (51 03 30N, 66 14 00E) - map (1968)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (51 07 25N, 66 20 14E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (near silo 34F) (51 31 12N, 65 39 57E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Bunker North (51 51 26N, 66 13 25E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Bunker East (51 06 17N, 66 41 10E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex Support Facilities (51 06 49N, 66 17 56E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex Administration and Housing Area (51 07 16N, 66 19 50E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (51 06 41N, 66 16 56E)
• Imeni Gastello ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (51 06 27N, 66 16 40E)
• Imeni Gastello Division Rail-to-Road transfer point (51 06 28N, 66 16 44E)
• Silo 21X (training silo) (51 06 16N, 66 15 57E)
• Helicopter Base (51 05 15N, 66 16 39E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.