The 7th guards missile Rezhitsa Red Banner Division is a guard formation ( compound , missile division ) as part of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) of the Union Armed Forces and Russia , deployed in the Closed Joint-Stock Company "Ozerny" in the Bologovsky District of the Tver Region of Russia .
| 7th Guards Missile Rezhitsa Red Banner Division 7 guards | |
|---|---|
 Small emblem of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Armed Forces of Russia | |
| Years of existence | 1961 - present (present) |
| A country |  USSR : 1961 - 1991  Russia : 1991 - present |
| Subordination | division commander |
| Included in | 27th guards missile army |
| Type of | missile division |
| Includes | management and parts |
| Function | protection |
| Number | compound |
| Dislocation | Closed JSC “Ozerny” (urban settlement Vypolzovo) |
| Marks of Excellence | honorary title: " Rezhitskaya "   |
Conditional name - military unit No. 14245 .
Content
Division History
On July 14, 1943, on the basis of the 79th guards cannon-artillery regiment in the area of Staraya Russa , the 19th separate guards cannon-artillery brigade was formed. On July 27, 1944, for the courage and heroism of the personnel in the battles for the liberation of the city of Rezekne, the brigade was thanked by the Supreme Commander , and the honorary title “Rezhitskaya” was awarded. [one]
During the Great Patriotic War, the brigade with battles passed from Staraya Russa to Saldus (Latvia). Throughout the war, the brigade was commanded by Colonel M. Sokolov. The actions of the entire personnel of the brigade were highly appreciated by the Supreme Commander. 1,200 people have been awarded government awards. [one]
In accordance with the Directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR , on May 25, 1960 , in June 1960, the 7th rocket engineering brigade was formed in the village of Vypolzovo Kalininskaya on the basis of the 19th guards cannon artillery of the Rezhitsky brigade , relocated from the village of Gatchina area (Bologoe-4). The formation took place on the housing stock of the 25th mixed aviation division of the 6th separate air defense army . Guard Colonel P.P. Uvarov was appointed commander of the missile brigade . The number of brigades reached 9,000 people ( soldiers and sergeants ) [2] . Initially, the brigade was part of the 46th training artillery range , and since March 10, 1961, it became part of the 3rd separate guards missile corps .
The first was formed missile regiment ( military unit 14264) of three divisions : two with ground launchers and one with a silo launcher . On November 30, 1960, the brigade commander reported to the commander in chief about the completion of the formation of the missile brigade - military unit 14245. From the beginning of 1961, planned studies began with the R-5 rocket [2] .
By a directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR of May 30, 1961, the 7th missile brigade was transformed into the 7th missile division of central subordination [2] . On July 16, in order to preserve the fighting traditions and the memory of the military merits made by the soldiers of the 19th separate guards cannon artillery brigade during the war, on April 14, 1961, the unit was given the honorary name “Guards Regizhsky”. [1] The division included: 4 missile regiments (military units 14264, 14474, 14420, 14443), repair technical base (RTB), communication center, providing units. [2] The annual holiday was left the same - July 14, 1943. July 16, 1961 the compound was awarded the Red Banner.
On August 16, 1961, the division of Captain 3rd Rank L. S. Shvygin at the Kapustin Yar training ground made the first launch of the R-5 (8K51) missile in the history of the division, receiving a rating of "good." In December 1962, the combat calculation of the first division of one of the missile regiments (military unit 14264) at the Baikonur training ground carried out the first launch of the standard R-16 (8K64) missile for the division [2] .
February 11, 1963 First Division (BSP- 12) took up combat duty (DB) with two R-16s with ground launchers. In total, in 1963-1964, six divisions (BSP) entered the database: four with ground launchers and two with mine ones. [2]
On May 24, 1963 , shortly after the end of the Caribbean crisis , in the strictest secrecy, the division was visited by N. S. Khrushchev , Cuban leader Fidel Castro , USSR Defense Minister Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces Marshal of the Soviet Union N. I. Krylov . Khrushchev introduced Castro to the new R-16 rocket [2] .
On March 20, 1964, the division became part of the 3rd separate guards missile corps with R-16 (8K64) missiles. In June 1964, R-16 missile regiments were formed on the basis of the divisions: military unit 14264, 07382, 12408, 14474, 57388, 74201, 14420, 68528. The regiment's BSPs were located near the borders of the Tver and Novgorod regions [2] .
Since 1965, the division began preparations for the construction of a new generation of BSP missile systems with silos of individual launches (“OS”). In pursuance of the General Staff directive of March 31, 1966, 6 OS missile regiments with UR-100 (8K84) missiles were formed. In 1967, the first "OSovsky" regiment entered the database (military unit 97688) [2] .
November 1, 1967 was awarded the Memorial Banner of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the USSR for successes in military work in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. [2]
From April 1970 to June 30, 1990, the division was part of the 50th Missile Army ( Smolensk ). In April 1970, another five regiments began to rearm on a missile system with the UR-100 [2] .
In 1973, work began on the removal from combat duty of the UR-100 and the deployment of new 15P015 complexes with the MR-UR-100 (15A15) missile on the database (from 1977 it was replaced by the 15P016 complex with the MR-UR-100U). The first regiment with a 15A15 rocket entered the database on May 6, 1975. For the period from October 15, 1975 to October 3, 1978, another 8 regiments took up duty, replacing the Chelomeevskaya UR-100 with the Yangel MR-UR-100 [2] .
On April 30, 1975, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
On October 3, 1978, two missile regiments with the upgraded 15P016 complex with the MR-UR-100U missile [2] entered the database.
On December 14, 1979 the division was awarded the pennant of the USSR Ministry of Defense “For courage and military valor” [2] .
Since 1982, according to the plan of the General Staff, part of the "OS" regiments with MR-UR-100 were removed from duty and disbanded, some were transferred to an improved complex 15P016 [2] .
Since March 1986, on the basis of the division, comparative tests of wheel launchers 15U157 on the MAZ-7906 and MAZ-7907 chassis (from September) of the 15P162 Tselina-2 missile system with the RT- 23UTTKh (15Zh62) missile weighing 104.5 tons were carried out for. Enormous hangars and special sections of roads with bridges and interchanges were built for 8- and 12-axle chassis with their own weight of 65 tons and a carrying capacity of 150 tons to study the destructive effect on asphalt concrete pavement. All work was carried out only at night, in the strictest secrecy mode. The tests were completed in September 1987 by selecting a launcher on a 12-axle articulated chassis MAZ-7907 [3] .
In 1994, the last OSovsky missile regiment was removed from the database. In accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers of Russia, on the basis of one of the combat starting positions (silos) of military unit 14264, the Museum of the Missile Forces was organized , and now it has been disbanded for unreasoned reasons. On December 30, 1994, the first "OSovsky" regiment (military unit 14264) was transferred to the Topol PGRK with the RT-2PM missile (15Zh58). On December 27, 1996, the second regiment (military unit 52642) "Topol" appeared on the database. In the fall of 1996, two successful combat training launches were carried out by the combat crews of the missile regiments of the division at the Plesetsk training ground. [2]
The date of the annual holiday is July 14 [4] .
Command
- From May 1960 to April 13, 1970 - Colonel (with? - Major General ) Pyotr Petrovich Uvarov;
- From April 13, 1970 to November 21, 1973 - Major General Morsakov Yuri Stepanovich;
- From November 21, 1973 to December 3, 1977 - Major General Volkov, Alexander Petrovich ;
- From December 3, 1977 to January 4, 1982 - Major General Evgeny Stepanovich Ivanov;
- From January 4, 1982 to July 31, 1986 - Major General Khramchenkov Viktor Petrovich;
- From July 31, 1986 to July 14, 1998 - Major General Alexander Gribov;
- From July 14, 1998 to July 4, 2000 - Major General Aleksey Sergeyevich Abramov;
- From July 4, 2000 to 2006, Major General Anatoly Fedorovich Shurko;
- from June 2006 to December 2009 - Major General Kuzichkin Ivan Nikolaevich;
- from December 2009 to May 2011 - Colonel Galaktionov Alexander Mikhailovich;
- from July 2011 to August 2013 - Colonel Burbin Andrey Anatolyevich;
- from August 2013 to April 2016 - Colonel Lankin Oleg Vyacheslavovich;
- Since April 2016 - Major General Ryabchenko Maxim Vladimirovich.
Compound Composition
The division included:
- Control;
- 11 missile regiments:
- 129th Missile Regiment (military unit 97688) - disbanded 12/12/1989
- 222nd Missile Regiment (military unit 95835) - disbanded 07/01/1990
- 319th Missile Regiment (military unit 52643) - disbanded 12/01/1989
- 320th Missile Regiment (military unit 52644) - disbanded 12/12/1989
- 509th Missile Regiment (military unit 52641) - disbanded 01/30/1990
- 510th Missile Regiment (military unit 52642) (3k site)
- 818th Missile Regiment (military unit 74201) (51st platform), - disbanded on 12/01/1993
- 272nd Missile Regiment (military unit 68528) (42nd site), - disbanded
- 342nd Missile Regiment (military unit 57338) - disbanded on 10/30/1990
- 256th (526) missile regiment (military unit 07382) (11th platform, 12th platform), - disbanded on 10/01/1993
- 41st Missile Regiment (military unit 14264) (1C site)
- other formations:
- 281st communications center (military unit 03394) (since 2012, military unit 14245-V (CSS)
- 212nd separate group of regulations for combat control and communication facilities as part of the 1193th Center for Combat Command (military unit 49494) 606310, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Dalnee Konstantinovo-5
- 2423rd Technical Missile Base (TB) (military unit 96778) (sites 5, 6)
- 1501th repair and technical base (military unit 33787)
- 509th Separate Engineering Battalion (military unit 03071)
- 41st Operational and Technical Commandant's Office (military unit 63627) Ozerny, ul. Sovetskaya, d. 7
- 29th Separate Helicopter Squadron (military unit 65177) - disbanded in December 2001
- Separate guard and reconnaissance battalion (military unit 14245) (OBOR)
- 61st station (FPS military unit 80253)
- Separate operational and regulatory group (OERG) (military unit 14245-R) - disbanded
- 3rd Separate Health Battalion (military unit 46181)
- 9th mobile automobile repair shop (military unit 14245-D)
- 261st unit of comprehensive technical control (military unit 14245-P)
Armament
In various years, the division was armed with missile systems:
- In the years 1963-1977. - R-16U (8K64U);
- In 1967-1979 - UR-100 (8K84);
- In 1975-1991 - MR UR-100 (15A15);
- In 1978-1994 - MR UR-100 UTTH (15A16);
- From 1994 to the present. at. - RT-2PM "Topol" (15ZH58).
- Since 2017, plans are being made to put on combat alert the RS-24 missiles.
Anniversary
The jubilees of the division are celebrated on July 14 - from the day the 19th separate guards cannon-artillery brigade was founded in 1943. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The missile compound marks the 75th anniversary of the founding . Department of Information and Communications of the Ministry of Defense (07/14/2018). Date of appeal July 15, 2018. (CC BY 4.0)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Vladimir Rocket Strategic: A Brief Chronicle of the Main Events of the History of the Rocket Army / Comp. I.V. Vershkov et al., Ed.: V. G. Gagarin. - Vladimir: Arkaim, 2006 .-- S. 292-310. - ISBN 5-93767-023-X .
- ↑ Colonel Nikolai Kachuk. Fixing the nuclear missile shield of the Fatherland (Rus.) // Journal of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus "Army". - Minsk, 2007. - Issue. 64 . - No. 6 . - S. 50-53 . - ISSN 1819-0790 . Archived January 3, 2011.
- ↑ Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Missile Forces / Ministry of Defense of Russia .; Ch. Ed .: I. D. Sergeev , V. N. Yakovlev , N. E. Solovtsov . - Moscow: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1999. - S. 438-439. - ISBN 5-85270-315-X .
Literature
- “Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Missile Forces” / Ministry of Defense of Russia .; Editor-in-chief: I. D. Sergeev , V. N. Yakovlev , N. E. Solovtsov . - Moscow: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1999 .-- 632 p. - 8500 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-315-X .
- “Vladimir Rocket Strategic: A Brief Chronicle of the Main Events of the History of the Rocket Army” / Comp. I.V. Vershkov et al., Ed.: V. G. Gagarin. - Vladimir: Arkaim, 2006 .-- 480 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-93767-023-X .