50th Missile Army

The 50th Missile Army ( Russian 50-я ракетная Краснознамённая Армия ) was formation No. 55135 of the Soviet Army . It was founded in September 1960 according to a directive of the General Staff. The headquarters of this unit of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Soviet Union was in Smolensk . The army participated in Operation Anadyr during the Cold War .

structure

Plokštinė missile base near Plungė , Lower Lithuania

Gulbiniškiai missile base - Karmėlava near Kaunas , Lithuania

• 7th Missile Division ( Osjorny , Tver Oblast )
• 23rd Valga Missile Division , Estonia
• 24th Missile Division ( Gwardeysk , Kaliningrad Oblast )
• 29th Missile Division ( Šiauliai , Lithuania)
• 31st Missile Division ( Pruschany - Pinsk , Brest Oblast )
• 32nd Missile Division ( Pastawy , Vitebsk Oblast )
• 49th Missile Division in Lida , Belarus
• 58th Missile Division ( Kaunas , Lithuania)
  • 637th Missile Regiment ( Tauragė , Lithuania)
  • 324th Missile Regiment ( Ukmergė , Lithuania)
  • 42nd Missile Regiment ( Karmėlava near Kaunas , Lithuania):
    • Karmėlava missile launch site
    • Gulbiniškiai rocket launch site

Commander

• November 22, 1960–1972: Fyodor Dobysch
• 1972–1979: Konstantin Gertschik
• 1979–1981: Yuri Yashin
• 1981–1985: Nikolai Kotlowzew
• 1985–1988: Gennadi Koslow
• 1988–1991: Vladimir Michtjuk

literature

• GI Smirnow: History of the 50th Missile Army. Smolensk. Volume 1–4 // Смирнов Г. И. История 50-й ракетной армии. Смоленск - Том 1–4, 2002–2008

Web links

• History of the 50th Missile Army
• History of the 58th Missile Division

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 42nd Missile Regiment