449th Missile Brigade
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The 449th Rocket Brigade was a Tactical ballistic missile brigade of the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces from 1986 to 1998. The brigade was activated with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's
8th Guards Army The 8th Guards Order of Lenin Combined Arms Army (abbreviated 8th CAA) is an army of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, within Russia′s Southern Military District, that was reinstated in 2017 as a success ...
. After the Soviet withdrawal from Germany it moved to Yasnaya in Chita Oblast and was disbanded in 1998.


History

The 449th Missile Brigade was activated in 1986 at
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, part of the 8th Guards Army.{{Cite web, title = Состав соединений и частей 8 я Гвардейская Общевойсковая армия, url = http://www.gsvg.ru/struktura/132-sostav-soedineniy-i-chastey-8-ya-obschevoyskovaya-armiya.html, website = www.gsvg.ru, access-date = 2016-02-15, language = Russian, trans-title = 8th Guards Army structure It included the 324th, 345th and 1563rd Separate Missile Battalions and a technical battery. The 324th had been transferred from the
27th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 35100)Michael Holm27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division/ref> was a Red Army rifle Division (military), division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division. His ...
, the 345th from the 79th Guards Tank Division and the 1563rd from the
39th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 39th Russian Guards, Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Ground Forces was a mechanised infantry division active from 1965 to 1992. It was originally formed as the 39th Guards Rifle Division of the Red Army, Workers and Peasant's Red A ...
. The brigade was equipped with OTR-21 Tochka missiles. After Soviet forces left Germany, the brigade moved to Yasnaya in Chita Oblast in June 1992. It became part of the 55th Army Corps. In 1997, the brigade transferred to control of the 36th Army and was disbanded in 1998.


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Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union Theatre rocket brigades of Russia Military units and formations established in 1986 Military units and formations disestablished in 1998