252nd Missile Regiment (original) (raw)

252nd Missile Regiment

252 -й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 77194

Activated 1966 in Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast, under the13th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 10.10.67 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-4.

The regiment stood down in 1976, and began conversion to the R-36M (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 16.9.77.

Disbanded 1995.

US designation: 1967 - 1977 Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex - Launch Group D (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1977 - 1995 Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex - Launch Group D (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 21D: 50 51 46N, 59 59 38E - old control site (1967-1977)
• silo 22D: 50 46 23N, 59 55 08E
• silo 23D: 50 44 49N, 60 04 20E
• silo 24D: 50 51 40N, 59 51 43E
• silo 25D: 50 46 42N, 60 13 46E
• silo 26D: 50 52 45N, 60 10 34E
• Launch Control Facility DD (Type III): co-located with silo 21D (from 1977)