The 4th Rocket Brigade was a
Tactical ballistic missile brigade of the
Soviet Army and the
Russian Ground Forces from 1961 to 1997. From 1963 it was based in
Primorsky Krai with the
5th Red Banner Army
The 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (5-я общевойсковая армия) is a Russian Ground Forces formation in the Eastern Military District.
It was formed in 1939, served during the Soviet invasion of Poland that year, and was deplo ...
.
History
The 4th Missile Brigade was activated in July 1961 in
Krasnodar, part of the
North Caucasus Military District. The unit inherited the honorific "Mozyr", as well as the
Order of Lenin and the
Order of the Red Banner from the predecessor
6th Breakthrough Artillery Division.
The brigade included three separate missile battalions, one of which was the 470th Separate Missile Battalion, as well as a technical battery. It was equipped with
R-11 Zemlya (SS-1B Scud A) tactical ballistic missiles. In December 1963, the brigade transferred to Razdolny in Primorsky Krai and became part of the 5th Red Banner Army. The brigade was disbanded on 1 September 1997.
Its honorifics were transferred to the
23rd Rocket Brigade
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
, which became the
107th Rocket Brigade.
References
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Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union
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Military units and formations established in 1961
Military units and formations disestablished in 1997