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The 131st Rocket Brigade was a tactical ballistic missile brigade of the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces from 1960 to 1993. Based at
The brigade was formed in 1960 in Luga with the Leningrad Military District, apparently from parts of the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. Other elements of the regiment became the 59th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade.Feskov et al 2013, p. 293 It included three separate rocket battalions and a technical battery. It was equipped with R-11 Zemlya and R-17 Elbrus tactical ballistic missiles. The brigade was disbanded in 1993.
Luga, Leningrad Oblast
Luga (russian: Лу́га; Finnish: ''Ylä-Laukaa'' or ''Laukaa''; vot, Laugaz; et, Luuga) is a town and the administrative center of Luzhsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Luga River south of St. Petersburg. Popu ...
, it was part of the Leningrad Military District. It was formed from an anti-aircraft artillery regiment.Feskov et al 2013, p. 292
History
The 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was part of the10th Guards Army
The 10th Guards Army was a Soviet Guards formation which fought against Germany during World War II under the command of several generals. Formed in 1943, the army fought under various headquarters and ended the war besieging cut-off German force ...
at the beginning of August 1943, the first time it appears in the Combat composition of the Soviet Army
''Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii'' ("Combat composition of the Soviet army") is an official Second World War Soviet Army order of battle published in five parts from 1963 through 1990 by the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff and Voenizdat.
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. The regiment remained with the 10th Guards Army for the rest of the war.
The regiment helped capture Rezekne in July 1944 under command of Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Petrovich Kazantsev. For its actions the regiment was awarded the honorific "Rezekne". During World War II, the regiment also received the Order of Suvorov 3rd class. Between 1945 and 1960 it was known as the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.
The brigade was formed in 1960 in Luga with the Leningrad Military District, apparently from parts of the 240th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. Other elements of the regiment became the 59th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade.Feskov et al 2013, p. 293 It included three separate rocket battalions and a technical battery. It was equipped with R-11 Zemlya and R-17 Elbrus tactical ballistic missiles. The brigade was disbanded in 1993.
References
* Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union Theatre rocket brigades of Russia Military units and formations established in 1960 Military units and formations disestablished in 1993 {{mil-unit-stub