396th Missile Regiment
396-й ракетный полк
Military Unit: 14248
Activated 8.59 at Myshanka, Gomel Oblast, as the 396th Engineer Regiment RVGK, from parts of the 10th Breakthrough Artillery Division - under the 15th Guards Engineer Brigade RVGK.
1.7.60 renamed 396th Missile Regiment, now at Petrikov, Gomel Oblast, under the 33rd Guards Missile Division.
Organisation:
The two battalions stood down in 1971, and was to have converted to the RT-15 (SS-14) missile. This never took place, as the RT-15 missile did not enter into service, and the regiment had to wait until 1976 before it received another mobile missile.
The regiment went on alert duty 31.8.76 with 6 RSD-10 Pioner (15P645) (SS-20) missiles, as the first unit in the RVSN.
The regiment stood down in 1977, and converted to the RSD-10 Pioner-K (15P645K) (SS-20) missile - alert duty from 1977 with 9 missiles.
In 10.85 the third battalion was disbanded, and the regiment was reduced to six 15P645K missiles.
The regiment stood down in 1988, and began conversion to RT-2PM (15P158) (SS-25) missile - alert duty from 1.12.88 with 9 missiles.
The regiment stood down in 1994, and was transferred to Vypolzovo 1.12.94 - disbanded (missiles to the 510th Guards Missile Regiment).
US designation 1960-1971: Konkovichi MRBM complex (Petrikov and Konkovichi launch sites). Type I (pad) sites.
Regimental coordinates:
Petrikov launch site with 4 R-12 pads (52 10 19N, 28 34 43E):
Konkovichi launch site with 4 R-12 pads (52 15 14N, 28 37 45E):
Two alternative fixed field sites for the pad launchers, were set up at Novoselki (site 1: 52 23 05N, 28 42 44E and site 2: 52 26 11N, 28 41 19E).
Konkovichi Mobile IRBM Base (1976-1988 RSD-10 and 1988-1994 RT-2PM missiles) (52 10 30N, 28 34 43E):
