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53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)
53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade may refer to: * 53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade, a Soviet/Russian unit * 53rd (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, a British Army unit {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade
The 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade is a surface-to-air missile brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. Part of the 20th Guards Army, the brigade is based at Kursk. Formed from an anti-aircraft regiment in 1967 in Armenia, the brigade was transferred to East Germany shortly after its formation and served as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for the remainder of the Cold War. After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany in 1992, the brigade was relocated to Kursk. A joint investigation team of Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine has concluded that the brigade provided the unit that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which killed 298 people. History Cold War The 268th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was formed in 1961 at Artik with the 7th Guards Army, equipped with the SA-2. On 1 October 1967, it was upgraded into the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, with the 677th, 679th, and the 682nd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalions. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
