127th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
127th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
127-я зенитно-ракетная бригада
Military Unit: 07032
Activated 1961 in Lida, Grodno Oblast, as the 605th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, from the 605th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.
Intially with 4 S-75 (SA-2) battalions, followed by an additional 6 S-125 (SA-3) battalions in 1967.
1967 renamed 127th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.
Organisation 1960's:
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 58 37N, 24 48 33E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles (US designation: SAM site C29-2)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 42 43N, 23 39 19E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 18 07N, 24 21 27E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles (US designation: SAM site A34-2)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (52 55 21N, 24 25 43E) with S-75 (SA-2) missiles (US designation: SAM site B19-2)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 53 36N, 25 22 22E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 43 44N, 23 51 56E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 36 21N, 23 51 04E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (52 55 42N, 24 25 16E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site B19-3)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 17 27N, 24 22 07E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site A34-3)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 58 16N, 24 48 35E) with S-125 (SA-3) missiles (US designation: SAM site C29-3)
- Technical Battalion
- Technical Battalion
During 1974 an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Group with a total of 2 launch S-200V (SA-5) battalions were added to the brigade:
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 58 40N, 25 14 33E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (53 58 35N, 25 14 15E) with 6 S-200V (SA-5) launchers
- Technical Battalion (support area: 53 58 25N, 25 14 08E - guidance & tracking area: 53 59 04N, 25 14 13E)
1991 with 2 S-200V (SA-5), 4 S-75 (SA-2) and 6 S-125 (SA-3) battalions.
Taken over by Belarus 6.92.
Headquarters:
- Lida, Grodno Oblast, 1961 - 1992 [53 53 30N, 25 15 36E]
Subordination:
- 11th Air Defence Corps, 1961 - 1992