28th Guards Rocket Division explained

Unit Name:28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division
Dates:May 3, 1961
Country: (1961–1991)
(1991–present)
Branch: Strategic Rocket Forces
Type:Missile division
Command Structure:27th Guards Missile Army
Garrison:Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast
Garrison Label:HQ location
Commander1:Colonel Valeriy V. Kasyanov

28th Guards Order of the Red Banner Missile Division (Russian: 28-я гвардейская ракетная Краснознамённая дивизия) is a missile division under command of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia headquartered at Kozelsk in Kaluga Oblast.

History

28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division was formed on May 3, 1961, on the base of 198th Engineer Missile Brigade. On August 4, the Division received its colors.

The first training launch (R-2 missile) was performed on August 18.

On May 30, 1964, two regiments armed with R-9 Desna ICBM were formed under command of the 28th Division. Between 1967 and 1969 eleven UR-100 regiments were formed.

On President's order one of the regiments received title Kaluga. On September 12, 2007, one of the regiments (07390) was disbanded.

There were plans to disband the entire division by 2010, but on November 5, 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech at the joint session of Russia's Parliament announced that the 28th Division will resume its mission.

In 2013, work began on the rearmament of 10 silos of the 28th Missile Division with the silo complex version of the RS-24 "Yars" which completed in 2018.[1]

Commanders

Commanders of the 28th Guards Rocket Brigade!No.!Name!From!To
1Major General Mikhail S. Burmak19611967
2Major General Vasiliy M. Barabanshikov19671975
3Major General Vladimir A. Generalov19751977
4Major General Vladimir M. Timofeyev19771980
5Major General Vladimir I. Petrov19801986
6Major General Dmitry N. Bolshakov19861992
7Major General Boris A. Polyakov19921995
8Major General Vasiliy G. Karavaytsev19951998
9Major General Sergey V. Karakayev19982001
10Major General Victor A. Fyodorov20012004
11Major General Oleg G. Antsiferov20042009
12Colonel Edward E. Stefantsov20092013
13Colonel Valeriy V. KasyanovFebruary 27 2013present

Equipment

In 1961-1964 the 28th Division received 15 R-9 Desna ICBM launchers, including 6 silos.

In 1967 the first (out of 11) UR-100 regiment was formed.

By 1978 6 out of 11 UR-100 regiments received modified UR-100N (US DOD: SS-19 Stiletto) missiles. As of 2010 UR-100N remains the only ICBM in service with the division.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Первый полк ракетных комплексов Ярс в Козельском ракетном соединении заступил на боевое дежурство : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации.