62nd Rocket Division
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The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division (military unit 32441) is a formation within the 33rd Guards Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces, deployed near Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Krai.[1]
History
This division was established in May 1964 as the Uzhur Operational Groups. In April 1965, it was renamed the 62nd Rocket Division and became part of the Template:Interlanguage link. On June 8, 1970, the division was included in the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.[1]
The division's formation is celebrated annually on April 13.[1]
Equipment
Since its inception, the division has been equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles from R-36M family.[2][1] Since 2022, the division has been reequipping with R-28 Sarmat missiles.[3]
Commanders
| No. | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Petr M. Prikhodko | 1964 | 1966 |
| 2 | Major General Sergei I. Ryzleytsev | 1966 | 1968 |
| 3 | Major General Nikolai N. Kotlovtsev | 1968 | 1973 |
| 4 | Major General Viktor S. Sedykh | 1973 | 1976 |
| 5 | Major General Yevgeny I. Smelik | 1976 | 1983 |
| 6 | Major General Anatoly F. Martynyenko | 1983 | 1988 |
| 7 | Major General Viktor I. Aschyeulov | 1988 | 1994 |
| 8 | Major General Andrei A. Shvaichenko | 1994 | 1997 |
| 9 | Colonel Valery Yu. Churakov | 1997 | 1999 |
| 10 | Major General Sergei P. Solokhin | 1999 | 2003 |
| 11 | Major General Aleksander D. Sivachev | 2003 | 2006 |
| 12 | Major General Aleksander Yu. Zubkov | 2006 | 2008 |
| 13 | Colonel Yuri G. Kashlev | 2008 | 2011 |
| 14 | Colonel Vladimir V. Kvashin | 2011 | 2014 |
| 15 | Colonel Sergei A. Omyotov | 2014 | present |
Structure
Structure of the unit as of 2010:[1]
- 229th Rocket Regiment
- 269th Rocket Regiment
- 302nd Rocket Regiment
- 735th Rocket Regiment
References
External links
- Michael Holm, [www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/62md.htm 62nd Missile Division]
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