39th_Guards_Rocket_Division

39th Guards Rocket Division

39th Guards Rocket Division

Military unit

The 39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division (Russian: 39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия) is a military formation of the Russian Federation. It is part of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.[1][2]

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As part of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the unit currently operates RT-2PM Topol ballistic missiles. It is garrisoned in Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast.[2]

History

The division was formed as the successor to the 1st Guards Artillery Division in 1960, first as the 212th Rocket Brigade but later in 1961 reorganized as the 39th Guards Rocket Division.[1][3]

Since its formation the unit has operated multiple generations of missiles:

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Structure

Structure as of 1995:[1]

  • 357th Rocket Regiment
  • 382nd Rocket Regiment
  • 428th Rocket Regiment
  • 773rd Rocket Regiment
  • 826th Rocket Regiment

References

  1. [1]
    "39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия (в/ч 34148)". rvsn.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. [2]
    "39-я гвардейская ракетная дивизия (в/ч 34148)". armius.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. [3]
    "Новосибирское ракетное соединение (гвардейская Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознаменная орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Б.Хмельницкого ракетная дивизия)". structure.mil.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. [4]
    "39-я ракетная дивизия (г. Новосибирск)". rvsn.ruzhany.info. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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