The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division is a formation of the
33rd Guards Rocket Army, Russian
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
, which is located near
Uzhur, in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...
.
This division deployed in the base of an operational group formed by the directive of the General Staff of the Strategic Rocket Forces 24 in July 1964. Colonel Vasilii Trofimovich Kuts was entrusted with the group's formation. On 12 June 1964, the unit was handed its battle flag, and on 8 September 1964, Colonel Pyotr Mikhailovich Prikhodko, arrived and assumed his duties as the first divisional commander. In November 1964, the first military builders arrived.
Equipment
The division is equipped with the stationary type
R-36M
The R-36 (russian: Р-36) is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles (Tsyklon) designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The original R-36 was deployed under the GRAU index 8K67 and was given the ...
,
R-36UTTH, and
R-36M2
intercontinental ballistic missiles. These weapons have the
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
classification
SS-18.
References
*«A. L. Конарев» Omskaya policy years 1959–1999. - Omsk.: Omskaya Printing House, 1999. S. 77
External links
*Michael Holm,
ww.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/62md.htm 62nd Missile Division
Rocket divisions of the Soviet Union
Rocket divisions of Russia
Military units and formations established in 1964
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